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Street debate: Active vs. passive

Smith Barney Inc. blinked, and it's opening some eyes on Wall Street. The stock brokerage subsidiary of Citigroup…

Smith Barney Inc. blinked, and it's opening some eyes on Wall Street.

The stock brokerage subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. in New York is allowing a grass-roots movement from its own financial advisers to dictate the use of antithetical investment methods at the corporate level.

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