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@citi_forward just let us know that they and ExxonMobil Personal Card are giving away a $2,000 cash prize a day to one card member daily - or the equivalent of 1 year's worth of gas! The contest runs until the end of June, so you only have a few more days to qualify.

Consumers are automatically entered to win when they use their ExxonMobil Personal Card at any Exxon or Mobil station, or when they apply for a card. More information can be found at sweepstakes.exxonmobilcard.com. Below please also find tips from the ExxonMobil Personal Card on getting the most fuel economy out of every tank of gas this summer.

No purchase is necessary to enter, cardmembers can also mail in an entry for a chance to win. This promotion is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and DC (Void in NJ, VA and MD), who are 18 or older as of date of entry. Sweepstakes ends June 30, 2009. Citicorp Credit Services, Inc. (USA) in Elk Grove Village, Illinois is the Sponsor of the ExxonMobil Personal Card $2,000 Daily Prize Giveaway sweepstakes.

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Wells Fargo Beats out Citigroup

A few weeks ago Citigroup, with a little help from the Fed, had agreed to support and marry Wachovia. Yesterday, the Federal Reserve Board approved the sale of Wachovia to Wells Fargo in a transaction that would not require the government's involvement and would create the largest bank branch network in the US. Banking giant Citigroup said Thursday it had ended talks with Wells Fargo about reaching an agreement to acquire parts of the struggling bank Wachovia and is no longer looking to buy any of Wachovia's assets.

Wells Fargo Wins Bid

If you thought your new savings passbook would read Citi, it will probably look like a Wells Fargo one by year-end. Shareholders of Wachovia still must approve the sale, although it will most likely come to pass. Visit Go Banking Rates for the latest information on banks and other rates news, including Wells Fargo.

Another bank bites the dust. Citigroup agreed to a takeover of the troubled Wachovia in yet another government engineered rescue.

With huge losses in its mortgage portfolio, the nation's sixth largest bank is now the latest to fail sort of. "Wachovia did not fail; rather, it is to be acquired...