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Citigroup eyes options including merger

Citigroup Inc lost more than one-quarter of its market value on growing worries over whether it has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of potential losses and despite new support from its largest individual investor. 11/21/2008 5:29 AM

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• Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks eye Citigroup, Geithner's next moves 11/21/2008 7:05 PM
• Wall Street stages late rally on Geithner news 11/21/2008 5:07 PM
• Goldman cool to Citi deal even with U.S. aid: source 11/21/2008 5:37 PM

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