LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - World trade will stage a modest recovery in 2013, with businesses more confident than some politicians that slow economic growth will not spawn protectionism, HSBC said on Monday.

HONG KONG, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares were set for a slightly weaker open on Monday, dragged by blue chips such as HSBC Holdings and profit-taking on some locally listed Chinese shares.

Ireland will have to develop deeper export opportunities in developing countries to compensate for the slowdown in traditional markets over the next decade, a study by HSBC has found.

Greek Journalist Acquitted for Blowing Tax Fraud Whistle - Widespread Corruption Linked to Private HSBC Accounts by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling... E arlier this month, Greek investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis was acquitted by an Athens court of charges that he breached data privacy laws with the publication of a list of tax cheats and money launderers. Vaxevanis, who publishes the...

Derek Wylde, Group Head of Fraud at HSBC, presented at the Financial Services Club last week. He talked about many aspects of fraud and risk, and presented quite a few numbers related to the issue. One of the charts raised...

US Talking To More Than 50 Countries On FATCA Tax-News Nov 12 - ""Global cooperation is critical to implementing FATCA in a way that is targeted and efficient," said Treasury Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Mark Mazur." Despite loopholes: Switzerland and Greece to negotiate the final withholding tax TJN Germany Blog Nov 11 - Guest post by Mark Herkenrath of Alliance Sud . "The Swiss government...