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Old Mar 24, 2006 | 02:40 PM
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Guess who's a big sponsor.. LOL

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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 04:56 PM
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Didn't they used to sponsor the old Jag team?

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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 05:55 PM
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I don't know..

I just thought it was amusing to see so many HSBC logos in one place..

I had an HSBC account when I went to college in NY, but I paid way too many fees when I moved to DC, since there's no HSBC here.... didn't realize how big these guys were internationally...
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BTW, if no one caught it.. the ads were for HSBC
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Yeah HSBC was a jag F1 sponsor.

Although its not the largest bank in assets (8th), HSBC has a huge international presence...They're in almost every major country now:
Angola
Argentina
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Bahamas
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Yeah HSBC was a jag F1 sponsor.

Although its not the largest bank in assets (8th), HSBC has a huge international presence...They're in almost every major country now:
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Bangladesh
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Woo hoo! Bangladesh!

(yep, that's where I'm from.. :-) )
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Where the f.uck is Guernsey? Is that like polish for Jersey?
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Where the f.uck is Guernsey? Is that like polish for Jersey?
haha.. theres a country i never heard of before lol

apparently its a small island below the UK

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