Notable and Quotable

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Former federal officials have dubbed Citigroup the “Death Star,” comparing the bank’s threat to the financial system with the planet-destroying super weapon in the “Star Wars” movies. Privately, in the words of one official, they regard the banking giant as “unmanageable.”

--From a front page Wall Street Journal story this morning

Filed under: * Economics, PoliticsEconomyThe 2009 Obama Administration Bank Bailout PlanThe Banking System/SectorThe U.S. GovernmentTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

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Posted February 25, 2009 at 12:35 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Harvey wrote:

Sorry, I have no intention of being forced to subscribe to a newspaper to get the “latest news” on any subject.  When I wait long enough it will show up on a TV news channel or in our local paper as an editorial.

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