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Graham Stewart with the stories and issues making the news in business.

In the week that HSBC announced 脗拢7 billion half-year profits, the bank's CEO in Scotland, John Rendall, tells our reporter Gillian Marles about his plans for growth north of the border.

We hear how Aberdeen-based oil services company PSN has been helping the clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico, following the massive BP oil spill. The company's senior operations manager in Layfayette, Will Hernandez, tells our business reporter Anne Marie Watson how they were involved early on.

Rita Stephen, development manager with Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Future, tells us how the public-private partnership is driving economic development in the region.

And Laura Bicker reports on Scotland's very own space race, including one Glasgow company that's hoping to launch its own satellite.