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Michael J. McCarthy aka "Large" has been fired from his job as a Citigroup trader for running his blog, Take A Report.

"This employee was terminated for behavior that violated the firm's code of conduct and policies," Citigroup spokeswoman Danielle Romero-Apsilos said. McCarthy, a vice president, declined to comment on his departure from the New York-based bank. Financial industry regulatory records show he's been at Citigroup for seven years, most recently trading shares of utility and power companies.

"It's a little over the top," said Barry Ritholtz, director of equity research for New York-based Fusion IQ, who has looked at the site and has his own financial blog at www.bigpicture.typepad.com. "I can see why a conservative bank is not going to be happy with it. It's funny as hell."

Posted by edelfenbein at August 8, 2008 1:08 PM