• Citigroup aims to sell $400 billion of assets
  PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc, the largest U.S. bank, said on Friday said it aims to shed $400 billion of assets over the next two to three years, in a drive to become more efficient.

  

  

  
• Wall Street set to stumble on AIG loss
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Friday, with financial stocks poised to decline after American International Group , the world's largest insurer, reported a larger-than-expected record loss.

  

  

  
• U.S. crude futures jump more than $2, above $126
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures jumped more than $2 to a record high above $126 on Friday, fueled by fund buying and surging distillate prices on both sides of the Atlantic, according to traders.

  

  

  
• March trade gap narrows more than expected
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The trade deficit narrowed more than expected in March on a record plunge in the value of imports, even as average oil prices surged to a new record, a Commerce Department report on Friday showed.

  

  

  
• AIG sees market affecting mortgage units into 2009
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group sees weak market conditions in the U.S. residential market affecting its operating results at two mortgage units into 2009, its chief executive said on Friday.

  

  

  

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