Banking Goes Sandy Basic, HSBC Prepares to Pay Up

Receiving Wide Coverage ... Banks Take Back Seat: Well, wide coverage...that'd be the election and the hurricane, of course. The only banking story covered by more than one major paper is HSBC's $800 million additional reserve for its U.S. money laundering case. That brings the tab to $1.5 billion, and it could rise "significantly higher." CEO Stuart Gulliver acknowledged the rising tab and correlated reputational damage. The bank lost money in its European and North American...