Economy One of the world's biggest banks, HSBC, has announced the first details of a major cost-cutting exercise. It's to sell its businesses in Brazil and Turkey, reduce its asset base and shrink its investment bank. Kamal Ahmed reports. “Europe's largest bank has announced that it wants to be significantly smaller. HSBC has revealed that its UK operations will be hit hard as it battles to find over 3.2 billion pounds of cost-savings. Stuart Gulliver, the bank's chief executive, said that it was time to recognize the world had changed, and the growth in Asia had to be the new focus. The bank is selling businesses in Turkey and Brazil, and will look to reduce the value of its risky assets by 290 billion pounds. HSBC also said that it will make a decision on whether it will retain its headquarters in London by the end of the year.” “NASA scientists had hoped the test would pave the way for astronauts eventually to land on Mars. It was designed to investigate how a large landing vehicle would slow down as it falls through the atmosphere at supersonic speeds. A helium filled balloon carried a saucer-shaped test vehicle to a height of about 37 kilometers and a built-in rocket fired it a further 50 kilometers before the parachute was meant to slow its descent, but it only partially opened, leaving the capsule to plummet into the Pacific Ocean.” Editor 李明 Military Highlights Rescue in China are struggling to find more than 400 people who were still missing after a cruise ship sank quickly on the Yangtze River. So far, only a handful of passengers have been saved. Martin Patience , is at the river side. “There are dozens of police as well as soldiers,then I saw small launches going out to the accident site. Equipment was being launched out,it is almost 24 hours since this boat capsized,but the authorities say the rescue effort will continue ,we did have that miraculous rescue ,an over 65-year old woman earlier on the day ,she has been caught inside of submerged hull ,inside the air pocket,she was pulled out alive and the authorities are hoping, perhaps,just perhaps,there may still be some survivors. Officials in China say they haven’t given up hope of finding survivors from a capsized cruise ship after a second night searching for anyone trapped inside its upturned hull. More than 400 people are still missing.The Eastern Star overturned within minutes as Joe Floater reports from Beijing. Editor 刘蕊 Traveling Anywhere! Fantastic Sports Lionel Messi has urged his teammates to improve in Tuesday's Copa America clash with Uruguay after Argentina \"fell asleep\" against Paraguay. Messi's men blew a two-goal lead, drawing 2-2 in their opening Group B match of the South American championship in Chile, while titleholder Uruguay won 1-0 against 5 ways to not guest nation Jamaica. freak out on a plane! \"We played well in the first half, but we The seats are too small, the meals are fell asleep in the second,\" said Messi, nonexistent, and the people across the who scored a 36th-minute penalty soon aisle have taken off their shoes and after Sergio Aguero's opener in La Serena. socks to share their stinky feet with everyone Nelson Valdez reduced the deficit from long range on the hour mark and substitute . Create buffer. Noise-canceling Lucas Barrios snatched an equalizer in the headphones are an excellent way to final minute of regulation time. block out chatty seatmates, jet engines \"We should have put the game to bed,\" said and crying babies. captain Messi, who came into the Make your captivity count. You pretty tournament after winning a treble of much have to stay put in flight. titles with European and Spanish champion Treat yourself. You've sacrificed enough Barcelona. for a low airfare. Maintain connections. It seems \"In the first half we completely dominated counterintuitive to keep up with the possession, but in the second Paraguay people in your life at 30,000 feet, but a took the ball away from us. flight does provide a good chunk of Editor 高婉惠 relatively uninterrupted time. Set yourself up for a smooth trip. The seeds of air rage may be planted way before your trip, and you may be bringing a nearly fully developed case onto the aircraft. Editor 陶晶
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