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3/27/2008
Citigroup Coughs up $1.7 billion to Close Out Enron Liability
Ok, so it was 1.66 million but when the numbers get that high, who's counting.

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7/11/2007
It Ain't Easy Being Citigroup, or How to Subvert a Corporate Ethics Regime Without Really Trying
Typical interesting content from the Ethical Corporation - in this case, an excerpt from Avinash Persaud and John Plender's All You Need to Know About Ethics and Finance.

Wanna read the whole thing...get it here.

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2/26/2007
Citigroup Facing Scrutiny over Accounting for Associates First Capital
Megabank, Citigroup, purchased sub-prime lender, Associates First Capital in 2000 for a little over $31 billion. The SEC, it seems, is quite interested in examining Citigroup's accounting practices when it comes to accounting for AFC's tax reserves and releases. Citigroup/AFC also remains under the gun in a long running investigation into the firm's (potentially abusive) lending practices.

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Blogger jj mollosaid...
Did the Office of Risk Assessment identify the sub-prime crisis as a problem?
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