World's Biggest Public Companies
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siliconindia | Monday, 09 July 2012, 11:24 Hrs
HSBC Holdings
It is a British multinational banking and financial services company and was the world’s second largest banking and financial services group and second largest public company according to the composite measure by Forbes magazine. It is a universal bank and is organized within four business groups such as the commercial banking, global banking and markets, retail banking and wealth management and global private banking. HSBC operates in 7200 offices in 85 countries. It sales are $102 billion, profits are $16.2 billion, assets are $2550 billion and the market value is $164.3 billion.
