It turns out that plenty of bank assets are still troubled, which is one reason why Citigroup is facing an uphill battle to repay its government bailout. The U.S. apparently isn't going to let Citi exit TARP unless it comes up with a way to deal with $301 billion in sick assets.
Internet giant Google grew its U.S. market share by a full percentage point to 71.6 percent in November, according to Web traffic tracker Hitwise. See how Google's gain impacted Bing and Yahoo.














