HSBC shares drop after bad debt, profit warning

LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L: Quote) (0005.HK: Quote) dropped more than 2 percent on Thursday after the British lender announced its bad debt charge last year would be about $1.8 billion higher than expected. Europe's biggest bank said its 2006 charge for bad debts would be about $10.6 billion -- or 20 percent above analyst consensus forecasts -- due to problems in its U.S. mortgage business. By 0815 GMT its London-listed shares were down 1.9 percent at 913 pence, after sinking as low as 908p, valuing the bank at 106 billion pounds ($208.9 billion). Its Hong Kong-listed shares closed down 2 percent to HK$140.70. HSBC blamed its deepening bad debt problem mainly on accelerating delinquency trends across its U.S. sub-prime mortgage market, particularly for more recent loans.

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Debt Consolidation Refinance, Is It Good? And What Works Best For You

Many people in our modern society live from paycheck to paycheck. Most of them do not even see where the money they earn from a month long work goes a day after the payday. A lot of them are in deep financial trouble and are already in the brink of filing for bankruptcy. Is this what you really need or do you still want to get back your good financial standing? Debt consolidation refinance may be what you need. Let us learn a little about debt consolidation refinance. First benefit you will from debt consolidation refinance is that it may help eliminate harassment from creditor. It may also help lower payments and design an easy one monthly payment. Once you take advantage of debt consolidation, it may help avoid filing for the dreaded bankruptcy. You may get back your life and you credit worthiness.

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Woman guilty in shooting over debt

A day after hearing closing arguments from attorneys, a jury of 12 women found Linette Luna guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004 shooting death of Keith Parks over a $150 debt. Luna sobbed and some jurors teared up as the verdict was read Thursday afternoon in San Bernardino Superior Court. The former San Bernardino woman faces a possible 25 years to life in prison when she is sentenced March 2, attorneys said. Prosecutors argued that Luna, 32, took Mario "Stomper" Valderrama with her to a Redlands residence to collect the $150 from Parks in July 2004. Luna had an arrangement with a man in prison to collect on the debt, officials said. Valderrama had a 4-foot shotgun with him, and authorities believe Luna had arranged to take Parks' car if he didn't have the money, according to court testimony.

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Being Informed About Debt Consolidation

They say that knowledge is power and so far, I have yet to see it proven false. Of course, there's another old adage that says what you don't know won't hurt you, but hello? That's like prolonging the inevitable and since we're talking about clichés, I'll use another one: the truth would always come out, secrets don't last forever and no stones are left unturned. But enough about clichés or we'll never end. So with the point of knowledge being power now established, we jump to what we should know more about and that's debt consolidation. It's the Age of Information today, so information of just about anything and everything under the sun, debt consolidation included, abounds. It wouldn't hurt to know more about debt consolidation before figuratively jumping to the boat. Where to find the information? That's easy.

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BONO URGES POLITICIANS TO CANCEL WORLD DEBT

U2 frontman BONO has urged world governments to keep their promise to cancel third world debt. The campaigning rocker is concerned that politicians aren't sticking to the G8 agreement to double African aid to $47 billion (GBP24 billion) by 2010. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the BEAUTIFUL DAY rocker says, "There were some serious promises made. "The cheques were signed but as you know, politicians like signing cheques but they don't like cashing them. "Two years on, it's time to take the temperature. If those promises are not kept ... it will make a generation of cynics. I don't believe that's going to happen, I am optimistic we're going to get through this." 28/01/2007 14:37 Also see: U2 BONO BEAUTIFUL DAY .

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Debt Consolidation: The Truth Is Out There

You're broke. You've got bills that amount to more than what you could earn in a year. Heck, it's even more than you could earn in a decade. You can't borrow from your parents, your relatives, your friends or your ex-partner. And your bank manager has personally written you a letter – sadly, it's not about the state of the weather but the state of your account. It's soooo like Becky in Shopaholic it's almost eerie. But alas, there will be no multi-millionaire named Luke to go dashing to your rescue. So what to do? Switch on the TV, of course. The nonsense pouring out from the boob tube would surely lessen the stress. And then…something catches your eye. What's that? Oh my. Is that a sign from heaven? Should you try debt consolidation? .

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Youth and debt: success stories

As we wrap up our three-part series about debt and youth, we are struck by the intense passion the topic has elicited. We are also heartened by it because it means that a lot of you are deeply concerned about the impact on our social fabric of a generation of young people who begin their productive working lives burdened by debt. The financial services industry should be attentive to the issue as well. Those in debt do not save. Those who do not save do not invest. Get the picture? Fortunately, there are many young people who have managed to avoid debt or, once encumbered, have found their own way out. Here are some of their stories. "I am 29 years old and I have just graduated with a degree in electrical engineering," writes Cecelia Bosch. "Most of my friends graduated years before I did.

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