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UPM-Kymmene's $420m acquisition under threat from US

Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs may lose millions of dollars in mergers and acquisitions fees after a $420m (€390m) deal the two investment banks brokered was thrown into doubt.

The US Department of Justice is to file a lawsuit designed to block the purchase of Mactac, the US pressure-sensitive materials business, by UPM-Kymmene Corporation, the acquisitive Finnish paper manufacturer.

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