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Published 11/24/2008 by Neil Irwin and David Cho at Wash Post Federal Page
The government said last night that it will provide a multibillion-dollar backstop for Citigroup, revamping emergency efforts yet again to head off the failure of a company more deeply intertwined with the financial system than nearly any other.
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