ICAHN BUYS 7.65% STAKE IN BROOKE GROUP From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: January 21, 1998 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-21-1998
ICAHN BUYS 7.65% STAKE IN BROOKE GROUP
Date: 01-21-1998, Wednesday
Section: BUSINESS
Edition: All Editions -- 2 Star B, 2 Star P, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Column: BUSINESS REPORT

NEW YORK -- Financier Carl Icahn has purchased a 7.65 percent stake in Brooke
Group Ltd., the company that is headed by his onetime ally and tobacco
industry maverick Bennett S. LeBow. Icahn, who was one of the most
feared corporate raiders of the 1980s, is paying $9 million for 1.5
million shares of Brooke Group, the parent company of cigarette maker
Liggett Group, ...

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