TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters) - Japanese beer maker Sapporo Holdings (2501.T) said on Monday that Morgan Stanley (MS.N) may sell its 1.8 percent stake in the firm.
The two agreed on a capital and business alliance two years ago and the U.S. bank was to acquire a stake of up to 5 percent in Sapporo. (Reporting by Taiga Uranaka)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last week's failed plot to bomb a U.S. passenger jet has exposed lingering fissures within the U.S. intelligence community, which had information from interviews and clandestine intercepts but did not put the pieces together, officials said.
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