Qwest Boosts MCI Offer To $9.7B
Associated Press Update 1: Qwest Boosts Its Offer for MCI to $9.7B 04.21.2005, 05:54 PM Qwest Communications International Inc.
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Citi Provides $500M in Credit to Fund Citigroup Inc. earlier this week agreed to provide $500 million in credit to one of its troubled hedge funds, the bank disclosed in a regulatory filing late Friday. via
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