Citi inches toward deal but shares off on fear of Q4 loss
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090112/2009_01_12t131121_450x306_us_banks_wrapup.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=BAmZTEN0zr3zB3rXSKRMSQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A man walks past a CitiBank branch on the Avenue of the Americas in New York, November 17, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090112/bs_nm/us_citigroup)Reuters - Citigroup Inc inched closer to selling a stake in its Smith Barney retail brokerage to Morgan Stanley, but its shares fell on concerns about the health of the bank's balance sheet and its fourth-quarter results.</p><br clear="all"/>
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