Citigroup and Merrill in talks for foreign capital: report
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Citigroup Inc.  and Merrill Lynch & Co Inc.  are in discussions to receive more capital from investors, primarily foreign governments, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Citigroup Inc. C.N is in talks to   buy the non-energy related assets of Amaranth Advisors LLC, the   hedge fund manager that disclosed billions of dollars in losses   in energy trades, a person close to the situation said on   Wednesday.
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After the write-downs and the stake sales, Citigroup is still looking for additional capital. So the wounded financial giant may be turning to the next option: selling some of its private equity portfolios. PE Hub's Dan Primack reported Wednesday that Citi is in talks to sell $1.4 billion worth of two portfolios. One is $1 billion [...].
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Merrill Lynch & Co  is in talks  with Chinese and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds that  could lead to the sale of another big stake in the U.S. bank,  British newspaper The Observer reported, citing sources in  London and New York.
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The German and French financial watchdogs said on Thursday they were looking into recent trading by US financial services group Citigroup (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) in European government bond and derivative markets.
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Mizuho Financial Group Inc (8411.T),  Japan's second-biggest bank, is in talks to invest more than  $925 million in Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , sources said on  Tuesday, amid speculation the U.S. bank is looking to further  boost its capital.
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U.S. and European banks including Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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France and Germany's market watchdogs say they are looking into Citigroup bond trades already under scrutiny in the UK.
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European banking giant UniCredit  on Friday denied a report in Italy's leading business daily that it might be interested in buying the $47 billion U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch .
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Citigroup Inc. (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday said US securities regulators are thinking of recommending enforcement proceedings against the former head of Citigroup Global Investment Management.
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The recent woes of Citigroup  have encouraged some investment bankers to talk up the chances that the biggest U.S. bank might feel pressure to buy a major U.S. rival, with Wells Fargo & Co.  and even Goldman Sachs Group  touted as potential merger partners.
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- Citigroup expects a $15 billion fourth-quarter write-down at Merrill Lynch & Co Inc  and said CDO/subprime exposures will decline by 50 percent to 70 percent in aggregate.
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U.S. and European banks including  Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling  sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire  units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal  reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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KUWAIT/NEW YORK  - The sovereign funds of Kuwait and other Gulf states were in the spotlight on Monday as Citigroup sought extra emergency funding and its fellow U.S. bank Merrill Lynch was said to want more cash too.
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Citigroup Inc  said on Monday it had received approval to list shares in Tokyo early next month, as the largest U.S. bank continues to boost its presence in the world's second-largest economy.
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Talk of possible major changes at Citigroup and Bank of America set off heavy trading in the shares of the two banking giants.
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Citigroup  is set to launch a tender  offer for scandal-hit Nikko Cordial Corp. (8603.T), and the  Japanese brokerage is considering the bid favorably, a Nikko  Cordial spokesman said on Tuesday.