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HSBC chairman eyes US takeovers

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc Chairman Mark Tucker has met with shareholders and discussed takeovers of US credit-card businesses in his first month in office, the Sunday Times reported. Investors are said to be wary of the plans given the retrenchment by the world’s largest banks in recent years, the newspaper said, citing people it didn’t identify. People linked to the ...

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Goldman’s bankers target smaller firms to boost business

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. investment bankers may be coming to an airport near you. Dealmakers at Wall Street’s top-ranked merger firm are fanning out across the US and Western Europe as part of a new plan to drum up additional business. They’re targeting smaller companies, many in America’s hinterlands, ingratiating themselves to a tier of clients often neglected by ...

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Airbus suffers Dubai blow as Boeing wins surprise 787 deal

Bloomberg The press release was printed, the media invited, the first dignitaries began filing into the room. Such was the scene on the first day of the Dubai Airshow, when Airbus SE had planned to unveil a keenly awaited lifeline for its A380 super jumbos from the aircraft’s biggest fan: Emirates. Instead: nothing. In fact, worse than nothing. An initial ...

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