Citi, Morgan Stanley in brokerage talks
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090110/2009_01_09t161729_450x324_us_citigroup_rubin.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=cczsqW95deC1zzJb8301eQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin participates in a panel discussion about Poverty Alleviation at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 20, 2006. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090110/bs_nm/us_citigroup)Reuters - Citigroup Inc is in advanced talks to sell its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, in a move that would further dismantle the financial supermarket that has been bailed out by the U.S. government.</p><br clear="all"/>
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