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By HEATHER TIMMONS and ERIC DASH NEW DELHI, March 26 — Under pressure from shareholders, Citigroup is planning to shed thousands of jobs and sharpen its focus on its operations outside North America. The colossal bank will get most of its growth from its international operations,…

By BARNABY J. FEDER NEW ORLEANS, March 26 — Many heart patients routinely implanted with stents to open arteries gain no lasting benefit compared to those treated with drugs alone, researchers are reporting today. The researchers said that patients who received stents to prop open…

By JEREMY W. PETERS David A. Stockman, the former budget director for President Reagan, was indicted today on charges that he covered up the dire financial state of his company as it was headed into bankruptcy. Mr. Stockman and three other former executives at Collins & Aikman, an auto…