HSBC seeks to reassure staff after report of retail business sale - union

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Management of HSBC in France on Thursday denied a media report that it plans to sell underperforming retail banking operations in the country, a union source told Reuters, as it tried to reassure 8,000 local staff.The Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday cited people familiar with the matter and comes amid a sweeping review of HSBC's operations worldwide by interim chief executive Noel Quinn."We have just received a denial of the rumours by the general management,"..