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Hackers reign; Citigroup confirms security breach

Citigroup confirms security breach
Citigroup confirmed a security breach at Citi Account Online, which was discovered by the authorities recently during a routine monitoring. The names, account numbers and contact information, including email addresses of the customers have been compromised. More critical information like date of birth, social security numbers, card expiration date and card security code (CVV) have not been accessed by the hackers, Citi said.

Citi confirms data breach

Citigroup confirms security breach
Citigroup confirmed on Thursday that unidentified hackers breached security and have viewed some of its credit-card customers' account information in the U.S.
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Goldman may seek to counter Senate findings: report

Goldman Sachs Group Inc could release documents to counter a Senate subcommittee report that said the bank misled clients about mortgage-linked securities, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Goldman may release papers to counter report: report

Goldman Sachs Group Inc could release documents to counter a Senate subcommittee report that said the bank misled clients about mortgage-linked securities, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Citi shuts down $400 million proprietary hedge fund: report

Citigroup Inc shut down a $400 million hedge fund that used the bank's money and mathematical models to bet on stocks, in the wake of new regulations aimed at stopping proprietary trading, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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Top UBS investment bankers defect to Citi

Two of top UBS AG investment bankers, Cary Kochman and Jim Glerum, have left the firm to join Citigroup , yet another blow to the investment bank grappling with an exodus of senior dealmakers.
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Nervous investors to seek bigger returns

The world looks a lot more dangerous than it did only a few months ago and signs are that U.S. stock investors are starting to demand more for the added risk.
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Nervous investors demand bigger returns

The world looks a lot more dangerous than it did only a few months ago and signs are that U.S. stock investors are starting to demand more for the added risk.
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Microsoft not too late for tablet party: Citigroup

Microsoft is still not too late for the tablet party. And with its Next operating system closer than most expect, the software maker could corner meaningful market share in 2013 and beyond, Citigroup said.
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Citi seeks to keep $1 billion Lehman collateral

Citigroup Inc on Thursday sought to dismiss an effort by Lehman Brothers to recover $1 billion in collateral that the investment bank was forced to post when it was teetering on bankruptcy in the fall of 2008.
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Do Higher Interest Rates Always Hurt The Gold Price?

The evidence from China, for example, suggests that while higher rates certainly have the potential to dent gold demand, far more important drivers are inflation and growth. China's experience may not be typical, but it's certainly worth examining. China is the world's second biggest gold market after India.
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Top lobbying banks got biggest bailouts: study

The more aggressively a bank lobbied before the financial crisis, the worse its loans performed during the economic downturn -- and the more bailout dollars it received, according to a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research this week.
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Citi gives Pandit $16.6 million retention bonus

Citigroup Inc has awarded Chief Executive Vikram Pandit over $16.6 million in deferred compensation plus stock options as a retention bonus, a far cry from the $1 salary he took in response to the financial crisis.
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Top 10 investment bank revenues down in Q1: study

Revenues at the world's biggest investment banks fell 5 percent to $52 billion in the first quarter of 2011, hit by Middle Eastern unrest, natural disasters, volatile commodities and economic uncertainty, a consultancy said in a report on the industry.

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