A OPINIAO DE RICHARD COHEN

The Burden He Shoulders


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By Richard Cohen
Tuesday, January 20, 2009; Page A25

By morning of that first day, even before he awoke, the overseas markets -- the Nikkei, the DAX, the FTSE 100 -- had moved, and the world had changed. He kissed his wife and headed for the shower. While the water was running, the situation at Citigroup remained frightening, and when he did the math in his head, he realized that one of the biggest banks in America was broke.

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