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But analysts say Citi's rush to repay the assistance it got through the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) will make the bank weaker, not stronger. The move will reduce Citi's capital ratios and hurt earnings; it may also accelerate a retreat of foreign investors from the...
Nonetheless, the deal will be costly for Citi. In order to exit TARP, the bank will have to sell $20.5 billion in new shares. Analysts estimate the stock sale will lower the company's earnings per share by about 20%. "One of the basic problems for [Citigroup's] valuation is...
But raising all the capital to pay back TARP won't improve Citi's balance sheet either. In fact, it will do the opposite. Bove estimates that TARP repayment will lower the company's Tier 1 capital ratio to just over 11%, from a recent 12.8%. What's more, with...
Moscow officials are blaming Islamic extremists for the Nov. 27 bombing of the Nevsky Express, which shuttles many dignitaries between St. Petersburg and the capital. Twenty-seven people were killed--including two heads of government agencies--and nearly 100 injured by militants suspected to be from the volatile Caucasus region...
For over a week, a heavy police presence has remained outside of the main campus of the University of Tehran, in the center of the Iranian capital. Intense green-clad opposition protests occurred at universities in most major Iranian cities on Students Day, Dec. 7. Yet unlike the demonstrations in...