scsuscholars.com - 11/24/2008
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On this morning's news, a random thuoght went through my head: CitiField is the name of the new Mets stadium. Despite killing off 52,000 jobs, the bank says it will still keep the terms of the deal ($20 million a year for 20 years.) Here's a list of other banks and financial firms and the ...
washingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
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jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com - 11/24/2008
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So now that the feds are bailing out
Citigroup, isn't it time the troubled outfit voluntarily withdrew...
from having its name on top of a new baseball stadium? The good news for the Mets is they still have a name and a sponsor for their new ...
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Uh, Citigroup? About Those Stadium Naming Rights...
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... including a member of Congress, say the decision to continue them now is hard to defend. Struggling Citibank just sealed a multi-billion-dollar emergency “backstop” deal with the U.S. government. The financial behemoth, suffering with billions in bad mortgage-related assets on its books, recently shed 53,000 workers and saw its stock price lose over half its value. Yet it’s in a 20-year contract to pay the New York Mets $400 million to name the team’s new stadium “Citi Field.” King Banaian has a more comprehensive list of banks with naming rights: Taxpayers will wind up ...
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