Canada Approves Icahn's Lionsgate Takeover Bid
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Icahn also intends to increase the number of films produced in Canada.
But Los Angeles-based Lionsgate, continued to urge its shareholders to block Icahn's $7 per share offer, to gain control of the studio.
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