Plastic, baby!

Capital One Financial is in advanced talks to buy the $30 billion US credit-card portfolio of London-based HSBC Holdings, several peo ple familiar with the matter said.

Roll ’em

MGM Resorts swung to a gain of $3.44 billion in the second quarter, vs. a $883.5 million loss a year earlier as it took control of a Macau joint venture and a recovery firmed in Nevada.

News Corp.

News Corp., trying to rebuild investor confi dence in the wake of a phone-hacking scandal, may raise its quarterly dividend by 20 percent when the company re ports earnings tomor row, according to Bloomberg. News Corp. owns The Post.

Mickey D’s

McDonald’s said sales at stores open at least 13 months rose 5.1 percent in July as Chinese con sumers dined out more.

Strike!

A strike of about 45,000 Verizon Com munications workers continued for a second day yesterday. The strike is the phone car rier’s first in 11 years.