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Boys & Girls Harbor and Citi partner to bring resources to families NEW YORK, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boys & Girls Harbor is bringing back its annual community day celebration as part of a year-long plan to commemorate its milestone 75th Anniversary Year. Harbor Day 2012, held on 104th Street between Madison and 5th Avenues on Saturday, June 16, 2012, will feature a day of free outdoor activities, giveaways, access to community resources, and refreshments...

NEW YORK, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Small businesses are increasing their use of the Internet and social media platforms to connect with customers and grow their businesses, according to a recent Citibank survey. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120322/CG74883LOGO) Sixty-five percent of the 749 small business owners surveyed across the United States cited increasing marketing activities as a key step in growing their business. While the overwhelming majority (70...

CHICAGO, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM), CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS), Express Scripts (Nasdaq: ESRX) and Medco (NYSE: MHS). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) Get the most recent...

ARMONK, N.Y. and NEW YORK, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Citigroup (NYSE: C) today announced it has entered into an agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to explore possible uses for IBM Watson. Under the agreement, Citi will examine the use of deep content analysis and evidence based learning capabilities found in IBM Watson to help advance customer interactions, and improve and simplify the banking experience. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120305/NY64310-a ) (Photo:...

TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at SIBOS 2011, Microsoft Corp. announced it recently became the first corporate treasury to implement Extensible Markup Language (XML) standard ISO 20022, camt.052 and camt.053 version two, the new international standard for cash management financial messaging. Microsoft implemented this solution with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citi to provide a common language for Microsoft to receive electronic bank statements from its global banking...

NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Parkmobile USA, Inc., a leading provider of cashless parking solutions to municipalities and parking providers around the world, has selected Citi to offer new, more comprehensive mobile payment services to Parkmobile's customers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/CL86065LOGO ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110915/CL68980LOGO ) With the new Parkmobile solution, motorists running to catch a train, plane, ferry or...

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sungevity, the nation's most innovative, customer-centric solar company, today announced a renewable energy tax equity fund with Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) that will support over $50 million of new residential solar lease projects. Citi's commitment comes on the heels of tremendous growth and momentum for Sungevity. In late July, the company formally announced its expansion to the East Coast with the "Rooftop Revolution" marketing campaign and...

SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEW YORK, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) and Citi (NYSE: C) today announced a new fund for approximately $105 million in residential solar lease projects. SunPower will use the fund to extend its SunPower® Lease to customers in eight states, expanding the financing options available to homeowners interested in high-efficiency SunPower solar power systems, the most efficient solar technology available today. Citi is contributing...

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- shopkick, the largest location-based shopping app that rewards shoppers simply for walking into stores, today welcomes small local stores and coffee shops into its revolutionary retail program, which already includes Target, Best Buy, Macy's and many other leading national retailers. Sponsored by Citi, shopkick will install its small shopkick Signal box for FREE at the first 1,000 selected stores to enable its beneficial walk-in rewards...

Citigroup Inc. announced today that hackers had accessed credit card information for approximately 200,000 North American customers, in an online security breach. The bank discovered the break-in had occurred in early May, after routine monitoring of about 1 percent of customers.According to its 2010 annual report, Citi has more than 21 million credit card customers in North America. The New York-based bank declined to say exactly how many accounts had been accessed.Hackers were able to view...