HSBC posted Wednesday tumbling second-quarter net profit on volatile markets and China's slowdown, warning it faced "a period of heightened uncertainty" after Britain voted to leave the European Union. Earnings after tax sank 40 percent to $2.61 billion (2.3 billion euros) in the three months to
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