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Citigroup shares drop and CEO plans to keep Smith Barney (Reuters)

 Citigroup shares drop and CEO plans to keep Smith Barney      (Reuters)Reuters - Citigroup Inc shares tumbled for a fifth straight day on doubts about its survival prospects after its chief executive downplayed speculation the bank might sell major businesses or merge with a rival.

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Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks eye Citigroup, Geithner’s next moves (Reuters)

 Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks eye Citigroup, Geithners next moves      (Reuters)Reuters - Wall Street faces stiff headwinds in the week ahead, the fate of Citigroup largest among them, that stand in the way of building on Friday's big rally and preventing November from winding up as one of the worst months for stocks on record.

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Obama moves to pick Geithner for Treasury (Reuters)

 Obama moves to pick Geithner for Treasury      (Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama on Friday moved toward nominating Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary and charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with helping pull the United States out of an economic nosedive.

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Goldman cool to Citi deal even with U.S. aid: source (Reuters)

Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is not interested in buying hard-hit Citigroup Inc , even with substantial U.S. government financial support, a person familiar with Goldman's strategy said Friday.

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