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Asia's 10 Most Profitable Companies

Oh - India...very populous but also the majority is very poor. Even more so now with crisis. Extremely poor infrastructure, extremely poor and money pay for government service, poor rich divide is extreme, poor security, etc., etc. Micro business environment.

Asia's 10 Most Profitable Companies

This is a very weak article. Latest no's of 20 million migrant workers loosing their jobs in China is real. China is giving money out to its people to keep them happy.

HSBC 10% dividend, should HSBC maintain this then the stock will shoot up to by at least 100% as the current $ dividend was around 5% before the crisis. I think HSBC will take this opportunity to reserve cash and payout a 5% dividend i.e. keep to its plan.

The PE and PEG for the Chinese banks are very high. The banks are essentially policy banks hence they run a high risks of bad loans in traditional banking.