Rubin quits as Citi moves to sell brokerage
January 10, 2009
Robert Rubin said he would leave Citigroup after a controversial decade on its board as it emerged that the company was in talks to cede control of its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley in return for about $2.5bn in cash

Robert Rubin’s letter to Citi
January 9, 2009
Rubin resigned as Citi’s senior counselor and said in a letter to Vikram Pandit that he will not stand for re-election to the board of directors