(HSBA.L) HSBC Holdings PLC Buy/Sell

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Following is the view from Reuters editors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on the news that is likely to matter most for the week ahead starting Nov 7. -- C BANKERS & ECOFIN - G20 follow-up in Europe -- KRAFT/CADBURY - Deadline for bid -- BANKS Q3 - HSBC, Barclays results -- EUROPEAN Q3 GDPs - Key to ECB's next move -- GOLD - New heights eyed and industrial metals follow -- REUTERS HEALTH SUMMIT - Top industry execs meet in NYC -- OIC SUMMIT - Ahmadinejad, Karzai, Bashir, Assad expected -- RUSSIA STATE OF THE NATION - New initiatives from Medvedev? -- CLIMATE - UN deal deadline looks doomed -- END OF THE WALL - World leaders fete 20th anniversary

C BANKERS & ECOFIN

Hot on the heels of the G20 we have the Global Economy Meeting of central bankers in Basel on Sunday/Monday, with doorstepping on Sunday a news conference led by ECB chief Trichet on Monday. Euro group and ECOFIN meetings of finance ministers on Monday/Tuesday will also focus on the outcome of the G20 and the European Commission's recent major growth and deficit forecasts. Greece will probably emerge as the bad boy of Europe again. (andrew.torchia@reuters.com)

KRAFT/CADBURY

With the put up or shut up deadline set for Monday at 1700 GMT, we are on alert from for any whiff of an announcement from Kraft and any sign of an 11th hour competing bid. Part of any offer will be valuation with analysts now uncertain whether Cadbury would fetch more than 8 pounds a share (chris.wickham@reuters.com)

Q3 BANK RESULTS

HSBC, Barclays, Unicredit, and Credit Agricole - underlying investment bank performance in focus after weak RBS showing. Bonuses and asset sales still hot themes and geographical exposure - HSBC to Asia, Unicredit to eastern and central Europe. (chris.wickham@reuters.com)

Q3 GDP

Flash euro zone Q3 GDP data (preceded by German and French releases) will help shape expectations of when the ECB will begin to withdraw excess liquidity. Expected to be relatively strong (about 2 pct annualised or 0.5 pct q/q). Also expected to be a better reflection of improving PMIs than UK GDP was. Such considerations are key drivers of euro/sterling and the gilt/Bund spread which has widened to close to its year highest. All the more so given the BOE Inflation Report next week will show the UK central bank's view on the mid-term inflation outlook, the basis on which it decided to expand its QE programme, and just how long it expects the economy to require its support.

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Following is the view from Reuters editors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on the news that is likely to matter most for the week ahead starting Nov 7. -- C BANKERS & ECOFIN - G20 follow-up in Europe -- KRAFT/CADBURY - Deadline for bid -- BANKS Q3 - HSBC, Barclays results -- EUROPEAN Q3 GDPs - Key to ECB's next move -- GOLD - New heights eyed and industrial metals follow -- REUTERS HEALTH SUMMIT - Top industry execs meet in NYC -- OIC SUMMIT - Ahmadinejad, Karzai, Bashir, Assad expected -- RUSSIA STATE OF THE NATION - New initiatives from Medvedev? -- CLIMATE - UN deal deadline looks doomed -- END OF THE WALL - World leaders fete 20th anniversary

C BANKERS & ECOFIN

Hot on the heels of the G20 we have the Global Economy Meeting of central bankers in Basel on Sunday/Monday, with doorstepping on Sunday a news conference led by ECB chief Trichet on Monday. Euro group and ECOFIN meetings of finance ministers on Monday/Tuesday will also focus on the outcome of the G20 and the European Commission's recent major growth and deficit forecasts. Greece will probably emerge as the bad boy of Europe again. (andrew.torchia@reuters.com)

KRAFT/CADBURY

With the put up or shut up deadline set for Monday at 1700 GMT, we are on alert from for any whiff of an announcement from Kraft and any sign of an 11th hour competing bid. Part of any offer will be valuation with analysts now uncertain whether Cadbury would fetch 8 billion pounds ($13.28 billion). (chris.wickham@reuters.com)

Q3 BANK RESULTS

HSBC, Barclays, Unicredit, and Credit Agricole - underlying investment bank performance in focus after weak RBS showing. Bonuses and asset sales still hot themes and geographical exposure - HSBC to Asia, Unicredit to eastern and central Europe. (chris.wickham@reuters.com)

Q3 GDP

Flash euro zone Q3 GDP data (preceded by German and French releases) will help shape expectations of when the ECB will begin to withdraw excess liquidity. Expected to be relatively strong (about 2 pct annualised or 0.5 pct q/q). Also expected to be a better reflection of improving PMIs than UK GDP was. Such considerations are key drivers of euro/sterling and the gilt/Bund spread which has widened to close to its year highest. All the more so given the BOE Inflation Report next week will show the UK central bank's view on the mid-term inflation outlook, the basis on which it decided to expand its QE programme, and just how long it expects the economy to require its support.

RNS Number : 1093C Praesepe PLC 06 November 2009

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer PRAESEPE

of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the HSBC Holdings Plc

notification obligation: iii
4. Full name of shareholder(s) HSBC Bank Plc

(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on 3rd November 2009

which the threshold is crossed or reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: 5th November 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Above 5 %

reached: vi, vii 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction

if possible using the ISIN CODE
Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights x
of of of shares rights
Shares Voting
Rights
Direct Direct xi Indirect xii Direct Indirect
GB00B1263L43 NA NA 11,720,453 11,720,453 NA 5.32 % NA

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date xiii Conversion Period xiv rights that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise price Expiration date xvii Exercise/ Number of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights xix, xx
instrument Conversion period xviii
Nominal Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
11,720,453 5.32 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A

to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A

voting rights:

13. Additional information: None
14. Contact name: Baljeet Gill
15. Contact telephone number: 852 2822 1249

This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Creditors of Saad Investments Company Ltd (SICL) held their first official meeting on Thursday, accountancy firm Grant Thornton said, taking a next step in the troubled firm's restructuring process.
Banks are seeking repayment of a loan of up to $2.8 billion taken out in 2007 by Cayman Islands-registered SICL, a unit of Saudi investment firm Saad Group.
The meeting took place in the Cayman Islands, SICL's court-appointed liquidator Grant Thornton said in a statement.
A spokesman for Saad Group declined to comment.
Regulators and bankers are grappling with up to $22 billion of debt restructurings at Saad and a second Saudi firm, Algosaibi, viewed by some as the biggest financial blow to the region since the global credit crisis began.
The two groups are involved in a complex legal dispute, and Algosaibi has asked a New York court for a default judgement against the billionaire head of Saad, Maan al-Sanea, over allegations he defrauded the company out of $10 billion.
A Cayman Islands court on Sept. 18 appointed Hugh Dickson, Stephen Akers and Mark Byers of Grant Thornton as joint official liquidators of SICL, the accountancy firm said, after hearing a winding-up order from creditors.
In addition to SICL, the Cayman court has appointed Grant Thornton liquidators to a further nine Saad Group companies, the accountancy firm said.
One of these companies is Singularis Holdings, which acquired a 3 percent stake in HSBC in 2007.
In July, a Cayman court froze the assets of SICL and a number of other international Saad units.
(Reporting by Tom Freke; editing by Simon Jessop) Keywords: SAAD/

(tom.freke@thomsonreuters.com; +44 (0)207 542 4036; Reuters Messaging: tom.freke.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)

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