The American financier Carl Icahn has announced that he will be raising for the second time his bid on NGH -NABISCO GROUP HOLDING- which owns 80.5% of the agri-foods group NABISCO HOLDING. The financier is now offering 22 dollars for each NGH share. Further, DANONE (France) has also announced its interest in the group, confirming that it is holding "preliminary talks" with NGH over the takeover of its food activities. See EI of 7 April.