Thursday, August 7, 2008

Citigroup returning billions to investors


Jesse's Café Américain:
Thursday August 7, 12:05 pm ET
Citigroup returning billions to investors, paying fine in deals over auction securities "WASHINGTON (AP) -- Citigroup Inc. will buy back more than $7 billion in auction-rate securities and pay $100 million in fines as part of settlements with federal and state regulators announced Thursday.

Citigroup will buy back the securities from tens of thousands of investors nationwide under separate accords with the Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and other state regulators. The buybacks will have to be completed by November."

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