Just when you thought the economic situation couldn’t get much more insane, lightning strikes again: Citigroup is buying the banking operations of Wachovia.

The F.D.I.C. has been quick to state, “Wachovia did not fail, rather it is to be acquired by Citigroup Inc. on an open-bank basis with assistance from the F.D.I.C,” hoping that this sort o...

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