Sumitomo Mitsui President Teisuke Kitayama, left, gestures to Citigroup Inc.'s Vice Chairman Stephen Volk during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, May 1, 2009. Sumitomo Mitsui is taking over Citigroup's Japan brokerage businesses, both sides said Friday, as part of a bigger plan to restructure the struggling U.S. bank. The deal is Japan's first acquisition of a leading brokerage by a bank. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

Sumitomo Mitsui President Teisuke Kitayama, left, gestures to Citigroup Inc.'s Vice Chairman Stephen Volk during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, May 1, 2009. Sumitomo Mitsui is taking over Citigroup's Japan brokerage businesses, both sides said Friday, as part of a bigger plan to restructure the struggling U.S. bank. The deal is Japan's first acquisition of a leading brokerage by a bank.

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