Icahn Ups Stake In Motorola To 6.3 Percent; Proxy Fight Looming?

Activist investor Carl Icahn has raised his stake in handset maker Motorola (NYSE: MOT) to 6.3 percent from 5 percent, reports Reuters, citing a filing with the SEC. Icahn, who has been pushing for a break up of Motorola, now owns 142.36 million shares in the company, for which he has paid a total of $2.06 billion, including commissions. Icahn told Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) that he thought shares in the struggling handset maker were

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