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Fed give OK to Mitsubishi, Morgan Stanley deal

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Mon Oct 6, 2008 6:11pm EDT

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Pedestrians walk past a signboard of a Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) securities branch in Tokyo, September 23, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Monday gave its approval for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (8306.T) to acquire up to 24.9 percent of the voting shares of Morgan Stanley (MS.N).

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Mitsubishi UFJ last week agreed to buy a 21 percent stake in Morgan Stanley for $9 billion, giving the U.S. firm a much-needed capital injection.

The two firms have agreed to a "strategic alliance", details of which are still being hammered out.

(Reporting by Patrick Rucker)
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