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Is Citi too big to fail?

November 22, 2008 — 8:04pm ET | By Jim Kim
"Clearly the solvency issue is back on the table," said a money manager to Business Week magazine about Citi--even after receiving a $25 billion injection from the TARP. My sense is that Citi's tier... Read more...

Bove says Citi fears are overblown

November 20, 2008 — 10:14pm ET | By Jim Kim
"It would take a Depression every bit as large and long as the 1930s debacle to shake this company's viability." So wrote analyst Richard Bove about Citi. He thinks the fears are overblown, even as... Read more...

Wachovia turnaround underway?

August 12, 2008 — 8:08am ET | By Jim Kim
The pressure is on for Robert Steel, the new CEO of Wachovia, who has raised the number of jobs the bank will cut. The AP reports that in a quarterly SEC filing, the bank... Read more...

Tier 1 capital becoming a big issue?

June 25, 2008 — 9:13pm ET | By Jim Kim
Financial News Online reports that investment banks will soon start reporting Tier 1 capital ratios, something they have not done previously. (Commercial banks have been doing this for years.) That... Read more...