Citigroup racks up eight in Asia

Citigroup is reportedly squaring up against a Wall Street rival in the race to buy a stake in IFCI, an Indian lending bank, in what would be the US financial services group's eighth Asian acquisition in six months.

According to the Hindustan Times Citigroup is battling Lehman Brothers to take control of a 26% stake in IFCI.

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