[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Marketwatch:

U.S. agrees to bail out Citigroup: WSJ

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A similar assistance structure was used successfully in the 1990s, with funding from private investors, to rescue Mellon Bank, now called Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

[bruinbirdman]

It seems C's assets (good, bad, or otherwise) of $3.1T are equal to about 3/4 the GNP of Japan.

The world needs Uncle Sam to do something about Citi.

yitbos