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HSBC profit jumps 121% to US$11.1 billion

HSBC profit jumps 121% to US$11.1 billion

This record profit excludes tax and is in comparison with the US$6 billion pre-tax profit for the first half of 2009.

Number of registered companies reaches record high

A total of 815,762 live local companies are listed as at the end of June 2010.