<FRUIT OF THE LOOM INC> INITIAL OFFERING STARTS
Fruit of the Loom Inc said an initial
public offering of 27 mln Class A common shares is underway at
nine dlrs per share through underwriters led by <Drexel Burnham
Lambert Inc>, Merrill Lynch and Co Inc <MER>, E.F. Hutton Group
Inc <EFH> and Sears, Roebuck and Co Inc's <S> Dean Witter
Reynolds Inc unit.
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