Citi Deck
Walk me through the 1998 Citicorp–Travelers merger: who, what, and why it forced a change in US law.
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In 1998, Sandy Weill's Travelers Group — which included the Salomon Smith Barney investment bank and the Travelers insurance businesses — merged with John Reed's Citicorp to form Citigroup, with…
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