HSBC Q1 profit slides 48% on coronavirus crisis, misses forecasts <!-- no image --> <div>HSBC Holdings PLC's first-quarter profit tumbled a worse-than-expected 48% after boosting provisions against bad loans as the coronavirus pandemic hits borrowers worldwide.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=ram_4b3_9hM:gBWMA2M1hzk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=ram_4b3_9hM:gBWMA2M1hzk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=ram_4b3_9hM:gBWMA2M1hzk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=ram_4b3_9hM:gBWMA2M1hzk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=ram_4b3_9hM:gBWMA2M1hzk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/ram_4b3_9hM" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters