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Citigroup Bailout Raises Viability Questions For Entire Banking System
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com - 11/25/2008
Citigroup Bailout Raises Viability Questions For Entire Banking System
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Still more details are emerging from the weekend bailout of Citigroup . And in what is no surprise in this corner, it appears Citigroup is not well capitalized and Faces Pressure to Slim Down . The government rescue of Citigroup Inc. reversed the perilous slide of the company's stock, but ...
economistsview.typepad.com - 11/24/2008
The Citigroup Bailout
— economistsview.typepad.com — It's bailout time. Let's start with Paul Kedrosky: Good Bank, Bad Bank, and F---ed Bank : Apparently... Citibank and the U.S. government (i.e., we taxpayers) have reached a deal whereby we will backstop something like $300-billion in screwed assets on ... (more) The Citigroup Bailout

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bloomberg.com - 11/26/2008
Dividends Cut Fastest Since 1950s as Citigroup Conserves Cash
— bloomberg.com — Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Stock dividends are disappearing at the fastest rate in 50 years as the... worsening recession forces U.S. companies to conserve cash. Citigroup Inc. , Genworth Financial Inc. and New York Times Co. are leading 91 companies listed ... (more) Dividends Cut Fastest Since 1950s as Citigroup Conserves ...

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Citigroup’s ‘Capital’ Was All Casing, No Meat: Jonathan Weil
bloomberg.com - 11/24/2008
Citigroup’s ‘Capital’ Was All Casing, No Meat: Jonathan Weil
— bloomberg.com — Commentary by Jonathan Weil Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Over and over, as its stock price plunged last... week, Citigroup Inc. repeated the same tired line. Citigroup has “very strong capital,” the bank kept saying. Its capital was so strong that the New ... (more) Citigroup’s ‘Capital’ Was All Casing, No Meat: Jonathan ...

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