Leucadia National Corp
(NYSE: LUK)
27.36
-0.38
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COMPANY INFORMATION
| Exchange: | New York Stock Exchange |
| Stock: | Leucadia National Corporation |
| Industry: | Food Distribution |
| Employees: | 10,943 |
DESCRIPTION
| Leucadia National Corporation is a New York corporation organized in 1968. The Company is a diversified holding company. Its main business is Jefferies LLC, a global, full service investment banking firm. The Company also owns and holds investments in a variety of other businesses including beef processing, manufacturing, telecommunications, gaming, real estate and energy. The Company also has significant investments in the common stock of Jefferies Group, Inc, a full service investment bank and Mueller Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of copper, brass, plastic, and aluminum products, both of which are accounted for at fair value. The Company owns equity interests in operating businesses which are accounted for under the equity method of accounting, including a broker-dealer engaged in making markets and trading of high yield and special situation securities, and a commercial mortgage origination and servicing business. The products are marketed to retailers, food service providers, distributors, further processors, and the U.S. military. The manufacturing operations are conducted through Idaho Timber, LLC and Conwed Plastics, LLC. Idaho Timber’s principal product lines include remanufacturing dimension lumber; re-manufacturing, bundling and bar coding of home center boards for large retailers; and production of 5/4” radius-edge, pine decking. Idaho Timber also manufactures and/or distributes a number of other specialty wood products. Conwed Plastics manufactures and markets lightweight plastic netting used for a variety of purposes including, among other things, building and construction, erosion control, packaging, agricultural, carpet padding, filtration and consumer products. Conwed Plastics manufacturing segment has four domestic manufacturing facilities, and it owns and operates a manufacturing and sales facility in Belgium. The Company’s land based contract oil and gas drilling operations are conducted by Keen Energy Services, LLC. Keen is based in Stillwater, Oklahoma and provides drilling services to independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the Mid-Continent Region of the U.S. The gaming entertainment business is conducted through Premier Entertainment Biloxi LLC. Premier owns the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi located in Biloxi, Mississippi. The domestic real estate operations include a mixture of commercial properties, residential land development projects and other unimproved land. The Company’s medical product development operations are conducted through its majority-owned subsidiary, Sangart, Inc. Sangart is developing a product called MP4OX, which is a solution of cell-free hemoglobin administered intravenously to provide rapid oxygen delivery to oxygen deprived tissues. The winery operations consist of four wineries, Pine Ridge Vineyards in Napa Valley, California, Archery Summit in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, Chamisal Vineyards in the Edna Valley of California and Seghesio Family Vineyards in Healdsburg, California, and a vineyard development project in the Columbia Valley of Washington. The wineries primarily produce and sell wines in the premium, ultra premium and luxury segments of the premium table wine market. |
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