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Activist investor Icahn raises stake in AIG by 5.2 percent

Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn gives an interview on FOX Business Network's Neil Cavuto show in New York February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Thomson ReutersBillionaire activist-investor Carl Icahn gives an interview on FOX Business Network’s Neil Cavuto show in New York

(Reuters) – Activist investor Carl Icahn has raised his stake in American International Group Inc by 5.2 percent, according to a regulatory filing.

Icahn, who now owns 44.4 million shares in AIG, has been putting pressure on the insurer for months to split into three independent companies.

(Reporting by Richa Naidu; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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