those headlines are basically the start of this whole mess. easy al went to work. instead of doing his job to control money supply, he abused his power to pump liquidity into the system in an attempt to control the boom and bust cycle.
I;m really close to buying this into a financial rally pump and dump. Its coming again. Long term, I want this POS off the DOW.
The CEO is in Asia right now. http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080305/citigroup_asia.html?.v=2 He looks like a beggar to me.