Stock Spotlight: One of the world's 'most polished PR machines' HSBC doubles profits in Q3

Asia drove majority of profits

James Baxter-Derrington
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HSBC has doubled its profits year-on-year to $4.2bn despite a reduction in revenues, the bank’s Q3 results revealed, as it continues to draw ire from investors who have declared the company “one of the most polished PR machines in the world”.

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