The move follows Apple Computer's change, made just last week, to simply Apple.
And several years ago, Morgan Stanley snipped Dean Witter off its name, while Federal Express became just FedEx.
By shedding the suffix "group" as well as the red umbrella, CEO Charles
O. Prince III is also severing the bank's most tangible ties to Mr. Weill, Citigroup's patriarch.
Although Citigroup managers were divided over the fate of the red umbrella, the company's brand committee decided to drop the 137-year-old symbol.
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