UPDATE 1-Hedge fund DE Shaw urges EQT to split after Rice Energy deal
September 14, 2017 at 09:40 AM EDT
Sept 14 (Reuters) - Hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co LP on Thursday urged EQT Corp, which is buying Rice Energy Inc in a $6.7 billion deal, to split into two parts after the deal and to speed up efforts to boost the company's stock price.