By John Willman in London, Business Editor
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
 
HSBC shares rose in a falling London market yesterday after the banking group announced a 5 per cent rise in pre-tax profits for 2006, in spite of a sharp rise in bad-debt provisions because of problems in its US mortgage business.

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