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Despite its status as one of the largest banks in the U.S., with a big roster of multinational corporate clients, Citi long trailed behind rivals, thanks to decades of strategic missteps, stumbles and underinvestment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Energy analysts tend to blame years of underinvestment.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The co-authors wrote that there is a “systematic underinvestment in pro-worker AI,” a term for technology that makes human capabilities more valuable.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
That dropped due to infrastructure damage from the Iran-Iraq War, the loss of foreign expertise and chronic underinvestment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
These measures, combined with chronic underinvestment in the state oil company, Petroecuador, led to a drop in petroleum production in 2007.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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