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The Motley Fool September 15, 2009 Morgan Housel	What If Citigroup Had Bought Wachovia? Around this time last year, Citigroup struck a deal to buy Wachovia, a bank that surely would have failed without being bought. What would have happened if they did?
Registered Rep. September 29, 2008	Wachovia, The Bank, Saved by Citi; What Will Happen To Wachovia Securities? Firm Says The AGE Integration To Continue Unaffected Citigroup apparently thinks its got enough financial advisors: Citi declined to buy the retail brokerage business -- Wachovia Securities (and A.G. Edwards) -- and the asset management unit (Evergreen).
The Motley Fool October 6, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Battle for Wachovia: Round 2 Come on, you didn't really think the banking world had its act together, did you?
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Morgan Housel	Citi Surrenders, Wells Fargo Prevails Welcome to your new home, Wachovia.
Registered Rep. October 3, 2008 Kristen French	Wachovia Hooks Up with Wells Fargo; Citi Says Wachovia In Breach Citigroup's deal with Wachovia gets ousted over the new deal with Wells Fargo. Wachovia shareholders and advisors are relieved.
U.S. Banker November 2009	Wachovia's End The stakes were high. The maneuvering was unprecedented. An inside look at the rescue of a banking giant and its place in the debate over systemic risk.
Registered Rep. October 2, 2008	Just Say No To Citi? Apparently, not everyone is pleased by the deal in which Citigroup would buy Wachovia Corp.'s bank branches, deposits and private bank -- including a number of high-end Wachovia advisors.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	You're Still a Mess, Citigroup Surprise! Another quarter of losses ...
Registered Rep. October 6, 2008	Citigroup, Wells Fargo Still Battling Over Wachovia It now appears the two banks may each get a piece -- but without any help from the government.
Bank Systems & Technology October 3, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	In Sudden Turn, Wells to Buy Wachovia In a surprise announcement, Wells Fargo announced it will be acquiring Charlotte-based Wachovia in a $15 billion stock swap, throwing a monkey wrench in Citi's aspirations to buy the financial institution, as was announced last week.
Bank Systems & Technology October 7, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	High Noon for Wells, Citi Over Wachovia Purchase Citibank and Wells Fargo are given decision deadlines while litigation against Wachovia is suspended.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2008 Morgan Housel	Fool Poll: The Fight for Wachovia Citi's out, Wells Fargo's in. For now.
Registered Rep. October 10, 2008	Citi Walks, Wells Fargo Gets Wachovia, Wachovia Reps Relieved The union of Wells Fargo and Wachovia will create the country's third-largest coast-to-coast banking behemoth. But the deal still faces obstacles before it can be finalized.
Registered Rep. October 22, 2008	Wachovia Reports Record $24 Billion Loss, Brokerage Results Weak, But With Bright Spots The massive loss was due primarily to declining values in its retail and small business banking divisions. But the retail brokerage and wealth management units didn't fare so well either.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Morgan Housel	Why Wells Fargo Really Wanted Wachovia Why was Wells Fargo so eager to ante up a deal for Wachovia? Taxes. It was all about taxes.
Registered Rep. June 8, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Wachovia Accelerates Hiring in Private Bank Under plans to expand its private banking presence, Wachovia Securities said it would hire about 300 private bankers over the next three years, more than doubling its number of private banking relationship managers.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Incredible Shrinking Citigroup Citigroup's CEO wants to put the company on a $400 billion diet.
Bank Systems & Technology June 26, 2006 Deena M. Amato-McCoy	Back to School As part of its customer acquisition strategy, Charlotte, N.C.-based Wachovia saw an opportunity to leverage the growing demand for debit card products among college students by issuing an all-in-one campus card that can be used as a student ID, ATM card and Visa Check debit card.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Wachovia Weighs In The popular bank reports respectable results in a challenging environment. Wachovia's management looks cocky now, but investors have taken a "show me" attitude in response.
Bank Systems & Technology October 6, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Judge Puts Temporary Halt to Wells Fargo/Wachovia Talks Citi was granted emergency injunction relief extending the exclusivity agreement between it and Wachovia (Charlotte, N.C.) until further notice.
BusinessWeek June 10, 2009 Maria Bartiromo	Vikram Pandit of Citi: Man on a Tightrope Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit discusses the pressure from Washington, repaying TARP money, and downsizing the behemoth Sandy Weill built.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Emil Lee	Bank of America Doesn't Impress The banking giant notches an average quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2008 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Comes Back for Seconds Barely more than a month after receiving a $25 billion injection from the Treasury, a one-week swoon in its stock price sent Citi limping back to the Treasury, hat in hand, for second helpings.
Bank Systems & Technology August 19, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Wells Fargo and Wachovia: The Creation of a Coast-to-Coast Banking Franchise It wasn't the easiest of acquisitions, but now that Wachovia is officially part of Wells Fargo, the heavy lifting has only begun for IT.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2010 Russ Krull	Citigroup Is Starting to Look Good Despite some low points, the FDIC report shows a much healthier banking industry compared to a year ago.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2009 Morgan Housel	Banks' Next Roadblock: The FDIC The FDIC is running out of cash. Here's what that means for you and your bank.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Foolish Forecast: Well-Protected Wachovia The banking giant is set to report its first-quarter 2007 financial results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
U.S. Banker October 2009 Matthew de Paula	#10 Terri Dial It would seem almost impossible for Terri Dial to look bad as CEO of Citigroup s North American banking operations.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Don't Fall for This Bank Bait-and-Switch Charging for debit cards makes no sense. As a customer, you owe it to yourself to make these higher fees blow up in big banks' faces.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2009 Morgan Housel	How Bad Are These Bank Failures? Let's take a look at the coming wave of bank failures compared to other banking meltdowns.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2010 Morgan Housel	Better Investment: Visa or MasterCard? Visa and MasterCard both reported full-year 2009 results last week. So let's weigh 'em in, unpack the numbers, and declare a winner.
Bank Systems & Technology October 10, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Wells Fargo Victorious in Wachovia Battle Wells Fargo given the go ahead to continue with Wachovia buyout. The purchase means the creation of a stronger coast-to-coast banking franchise.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Should Your Bank Deposits Be at Risk? Is the FDIC's guarantee of bank deposits a benefit to the system?
Bank Systems & Technology April 9, 2009 Orla O'Sullivan	Record Q.1 Profit at Wells Fargo Stock in Wells up 30 percent on $3B surprise profit, Wachovia related.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2009 Morgan Housel	What's Next for Citigroup? What does the conversion to common stock from preferred stock mean for Citigroup? A few things -- some good, some bad, some potentially disastrous.
Bank Systems & Technology August 28, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Citi Launches Multicurrency Virtual Card With MasterCard Citi Virtual Card Accounts provides corporates with a secure means for making and controlling purchases.
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 Geracioti & Touryalai	Morgan And Wachovia? The need for the kind of capital offered by customer deposits apparently is driving securities firms into the arms of banks.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 Colleen Paulson	I'm Beating the Credit Crunch There is still credit to be had, even when things are tight. Some credit card issuers are upgrading customers to cards without limits, and revolving credit is is up.
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 Bert Ely	The Outlook for the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund An outline of what bank directors need to know about the FDIC insurance fund reform.
Registered Rep. January 9, 2009	Citi: What Sandy Built, Pandit Will Dismantle? The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Citigroup has put Smith Barney up for sale -- or a joint venture.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 Sham Gad	Visa's Big Deal The upcoming $19 billion IPO of Visa is kind of a big deal. In fact, if all goes as planned, it could be the largest IPO in U.S. history
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The Motley Fool October 8, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away If you find something better than Citigroup, grab it.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2008 Morgan Housel	Strike Three for Citigroup Good news! Citigroup's results are much better than previous quarters. Not-so-good news: They're still utterly dreadful.
U.S. Banker October 2008 John Engen	Got Deposits? The implications of the present shakeout won't be fully understood for years, but it seems clear that the competition for deposits will be more intense in the years ahead.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Gets the Government Out of Its Hair One step closer to freedom.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2009 Morgan Housel	Poor, Poor Citigroup Who loves the beleaguered bank? Only Uncle Sam.
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