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The U.S. pay czar has begun reviewing the appropriateness of the richest pay packages proposed by firms that received billions of dollars in government aid.

U.S. regulators warned broker-dealer firms about creating incentives that may lead their brokers to engage in questionable conduct such as recommending unsuitable investment products, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.

Citigroup Inc said on Monday it sold three credit card portfolios representing $1.3 billion in managed assets, as part of a plan to unload weak businesses and troubled assets that caused huge losses.

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Shares of Citigroup Inc fell as much as 7.5 percent on Monday amid a broad slide in financial stocks, after rallying over the last week.

Investors that bought Citigroup Inc shares should take profits after the U.S. bank's shares climbed almost 100 percent in the last month, Barron's said in its August 31 edition.

Qatar Holding LLC aims to become the largest shareholder in Songbird Estates -- owner of much of London's Canary Wharf office complex -- the investment arm of the Qatari wealth fund said late on Friday.

The pay czar tasked by the U.S. government with ruling on the eye-popping compensation of some of Wall Street's top earners is far from a stranger to big paychecks and the trappings of wealth.

Global buyout firms including Permira and KKR KKR.UL are set to bid for a core Citigroup asset next week in a deal worth more than $1 billion, grabbing a rare opportunity for them to chase big investments in Japan.

PHILADELPHIA - CVC Capital Partners failed to repay a loan owed to Chuo Mitsui Capital Co and lost its stake in restaurant chain Skylark Co, The Nikkei reported in its Friday morning edition.

The U.S. Federal Reserve asked a federal judge not to enforce her order that it reveal the names of the banks that have participated in its emergency lending programs and the sums they received, saying such disclosure would threaten the companies and the economy.

Morgan Stanley (MS.N), Looking to fortify its equity trading business in Europe, has hired Richard Evans, a former top trader with Citigroup Inc (C.N), as head of strategy in the region, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday.

Hedge fund manager John Paulson, who bet against financial companies after foreseeing the credit crisis, has been buying Citigroup Inc shares over the past few weeks, the New York Post reported, citing sources.

A major fund-raiser for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other Democrats was charged by federal prosecutors in New York in connection with a scheme to defraud Citigroup Inc .

In late August's quiet trading, four troubled financial companies have accounted for a big piece of total volume on the New York Stock Exchange,

In late August's quiet trading, four troubled financial companies have accounted for a big piece of total volume on the New York Stock Exchange, in what one analyst referred to as a dash for trash.

Obama's Fed Pick; Dealers' Clunkers Reward; Investor's Big Fraud

The U.S. attorney in New York on Tuesday charged a New York investor with a $74 million scheme to defraud Citigroup Inc .

In late August's quiet trading, four troubled financial companies have accounted for a big piece of total volume on the New York Stock Exchange, with all four rallying on little news.

Holders of a $650 million Islamic bond issued by a unit of troubled Saudi firm Saad have been asked to vote on dissolving the sukuk, trustee Citi (C.N) said on Tuesday.

Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc rose nearly 10 percent on Monday after Citigroup upgraded the company to a buy.