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Registered Rep. September 9, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Acknowledging Some "Inappropriate Behavior," Sandy Weill Defends Solly Sandy Weill, chairman of Salomon Smith Barney's parent Citigroup, acknowledged that his firm may have engaged in some inappropriate behavior during the bull market and said that Citigroup would have to make "amends" to regain respect.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	MetLife Lives the Good Life This huge insurer is taking surprisingly active steps to produce ongoing growth for shareholders.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Michael Leibert	Citigroup's Improving Fortunes Citigroup turned in another quarter of solid growth, but the global consumer unit has not yet delivered on its promises.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Tom Taulli	Citi or Citigroup? It Really Doesn't Matter Citigroup is, yet again, rebranding itself. Investors just want to see a compelling rationale that -- whatever the company is called -- it can still make its business work.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Weill Postpones Elimination of Salomon Name Sandy Weill, the chairman of Salomon Smith Barney's parent Citigroup, has informed brokers and other employees that plans to eliminate the Salomon name, a Wall Street hallmark for nearly a century, have been postponed, according to sources.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Will Leitch	MetLife Buys Citigroup's Insurance Arm Citigroup's decision to sell its Travelers Life & Annuity arm to MetLife for an estimated $11.5 billion could be a sign of things to come in the financial advisory business.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Saying "No" to AT&T? SBC sees opportunity in buying AT&T -- a company with declining growth. Should shareholders agree?
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Mara Der Hovanesian	Travelers May Be Heavy Baggage MetLife's pricey acquisition of Travelers Inc. could take time to pay off.
Registered Rep. June 27, 2005 Kristen French	Citi/Legg Deal Strikes Blow at the Heart of Financial Supermarket Concept The recently announced asset swap between Citigroup and Legg Mason could be a sign that the financial supermarket of yore is on its way out, to wit: the separation of asset management and distribution.
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Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 Kristen French	Next Year's Model If the one-stop shop is out, what new formula will take its place? In many ways, the Citi/Legg Mason swap looks like an ideal prototype. The thing is, a swap like that is not likely to be repeated.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2008 Morgan "Haunted" Housel	World's Scariest Stock: Citigroup Citi's losses over the past year, while impressive, aren't the scary part. What's important is looking ahead, and that's what's frightening.
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Bank Systems & Technology February 22, 2007 Katherine Burger	What Are the IT and Distribution Implications of Citigroup's Rebranding Initiative? As Citigroup sells its red umbrella logo back to St. Paul Travelers as part of chairman and CEO Charles Prince's rebranding initiative, what are the IT, channel and distribution implications?
The Motley Fool September 25, 2008 Christopher Barker	The Worst Kind of Deja Vu After 75 years, our biggest financial mistakes have returned.
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Registered Rep. January 21, 2009	Dropping Client Assets And Jet Fleets Citigroup, which reported a whopping $8.29 billion fourth-quarter loss on Friday, should take a harder look at its balance sheet.
U.S. Banker February 2002	What if Bank One Bought Bear Stearns? Sean Ryan, the former Bear Stearns bank stock analyst who now is an analyst at Fulcrum Global Partners, a securities brokerage firm, is reporting rumors that Bank One is considering buying Bear Stearns. This rumor probably is as baseless as most, but the idea may not be a bad one...
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The Motley Fool February 1, 2005 Rich Duprey	It's Good to Be Warren Buffett He reaps a new windfall as American Express spins off its Financial Advisors unit with 100% of the shares going to stockholders.
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The Motley Fool June 1, 2009 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Comes Full Circle Be thankful the banking giant is now out of the Dow.
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