Travelers Group and CityCorp stunned the financial world when they announced a record-breaking merger – but they forgot one crucial detail. Given that, as the world’s largest financial services company, they can expect to undertake a growing proportion of their business over the internet, it is of vital importance to get a combined web site for the new name of Citigroup. But while those responsible for registering business names, reported their phones were red-hot with people trying to get the ownership of Citigroup.com, it seems that none of those calls came from representatives of the new financial monolith. Instead, according to the Financial Times, Peter Tarquino of Princeton, New Jersey was first of the mark to register the new name. He is reluctant to comment about his plans. We can only guess they involve waiting for a large check to arrive in the post and then spending some time on the beach thinking up another way to make easy money.
