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StanChart India pre-tax profit falls 33% in 2011
Standard Chartered Bank, the largest foreign lender in the country with a network of 94 branches, on Wednesday said its pre-tax profit from India business declined 33 per cent to $804 million in 2011, compared with $1.2 billion a year earlier. Lower income, higher expenses, and an increase in provisions led to the fall in earnings. India, the most profitable market for the British lender in 2010, has