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HSBC has seen its quarterly profits drop 14% after a “disappointing” 1.1 billion US dollar (£827 million) hit from a lawsuit relating to the Bernard Madoff investment fraud.
The London-headquartered banking giant reported pre-tax profits of 7.3 billion US dollars (£5.5 billion) for the third quarter, down from 8.5 billion
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