Chuck Prince quit as chairman and chief executive of Citigroup on Sunday night as the company revealed it was facing between $8bn and $11bn of further losses on its holdings of mortgage-related securities.

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Mr Prince said that in the light of the losses stepping down was “the only honourable course”.