The high-flying execs at Citigroup caved under pressure...

[chefmike]

...from President Obama and decided today to abandon plans for a luxurious new $50 million corporate jet from France...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/obama-officials-tells-cit_n_161202.html

[thx1138]

why do they have to fly anyway? Haven't they ever heard of teleconferencing?

[BrendaQG]

Business is always done better face to face.

It would have been a drop in the bucket but citigroup spending 50 mil on an airplane would at least stimulate someone's economy. Get some of that money circulating again. Every little bit helps.

[El Nino]

Please, Obama is a central bankers dream come true

[chefmike]

Business is always done better face to face.

It would have been a drop in the bucket but citigroup spending 50 mil on an airplane would at least stimulate someone's economy. Get some of that money circulating again. Every little bit helps.


Yes, it would have. France's economy.

[thx1138]

face to face? Sounds like illicit sex to me. Bad enough Citibank fucked their customers. Now they want to fuck their employees too. A local escort service could save them mucho bucks.