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Casino owner accumulating stake in GM stock

Monday, Aug. 21, 2000 | 11:57 a.m.

DETROIT -- Financier and casino owner Carl Icahn has begun accumulating a stake in General Motors, the world's largest company, in a move that will increase pressure on the automaker to spin off its most valuable asset, Hughes Electronics.

Icahn sent GM a short letter on Wednesday describing his intention to buy at least $15 million of the automaker's stock and up to 15 percent of the company's outstanding shares, GM said in a statement Friday.

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