Citigroup: Now the Bank is All But Extinct
Posted on January 12, 2009 at 17:06 PM EST
Selling 51% of Smith Barney only makes sense if Citigroup is going to sell 100% of Citibank (i.e., the rest of the firm) as well. We know, or at least think we know the following. Citi isn’t desperate for capital. They just got a huge chunk from us taxpayers. They aren’t getting much cash in this deal, reportedly [...]