Rupert's son James will likely have been involved in the latest stake purchase.
He's also since filed a complaint with regulators, and on Friday, Britain's Office of Fair Trading recommended a full inquiry be held into Sky's ITV stake purchase.
There are big plans for Russia, sub-Saharan Africa and South Korea, where HSBC is waiting for regulators to approve its 51% stake purchase in Korea Exchange Bank from Lone Star.
Alibaba Group, which is based in Hangzhou, China, has agreed to purchase a stake in Sohu.com Inc.
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He had NovaGold purchase a stake in the massive but remote Donlin Creek gold deposit in southwest Alaska.
Prosecutors alleged that Zhang, as a private entrepreneur, was not eligible to purchase the stake in state-owned Salt Lake Industry Group.
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Fosun, an investment company which owns the other half, has said it had a right to purchase the stake from the two first, in the event they wished to sell.
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Fiat, the Italian automaker, was brought in by the U.S. government to purchase an equity stake.
Tesco has bought a 91% stake in WE7 and will purchase the remaining shares within a period of weeks.
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The Smithfield deal including assumed debt would eclipse the Chinese purchase of a stake in a big U.S. investment firm as well.
It comes a day after Australia approved Virgin's deal to purchase a controlling stake in Singapore Airlines' associate budget carrier Tiger Airways Australia.
More specifically, Walgreen is partnering with Alliance Boots GmbH to source pharmaceutical products from AmerisourceBergen Corp. (ABC), in order to purchase a minority stake in the wholesaler.
Some are linking the case to the recent purchase of a stake in Twitter by a Saudi billionaire and asking whether that will affect the social network's view of the affair.
It is also a significant discount from the 49.25 baht a share that Temasek-linked units paid in 2006 to purchase a controlling stake in Shin Corp from the family of Thaksin Shinawatra.
Carrefour did so after French billionaire Bernard Arnault teamed up with Colony Capital, an American real estate fund, to buy 10% of the hypermarket concern earlier in the year. (See: "Carrefour Drops As Arnault Takes Stake") After the purchase, the new shareholders reportedly put pressure on management to carve off the property assets.
Its purchase of the 26.5% stake from the banks could be blocked by Lehman, which has a right to match any purchase offer.
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Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates in April agreed to purchase a 24% stake in India-based Jet Airways (India) Ltd.
The controlling shareholder of Elektra, he had the retail chain purchase a 15% stake in the then-struggling and private TV Azteca, in which he and his family owned around 35% .
The controlling shareholder of Elektra, he had the retail chain purchase a 15% stake in the then struggling and private TV Azteca, in which he and his family owned around 35% .
Just last month the company bid to increase its stake in deep water through the purchase of several fields from a BP (BP) eager to shed assets, a deal that Stone hopes will close next month.
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The industry's dominant global player, Diageo, is already at an advantage for the opening up of the market, with its recent distress sale purchase of a controlling stake in Vijay Mallya's United Spirits, the country's biggest distiller.
The big ticket item was the purchase of a majority stake in Puma in 2007, which gave the company a stronghold in the sports and lifestyle market and a premiere brand as the centerpiece of its new strategy.
The possibility that harm to American security interests could arise from the Hutchison purchase of a large stake in Voicestream Wireless and Omnipoint makes this transaction a candidate for a CFIUS review, even though it is nominally a U.S. entity.
Comcast, the largest cable provider in the U.S., is in negotiations with regulators over its bid to purchase a 51% stake in NBC Universal, giving it control of a major movie studio, Universal Studios, as well as major TV channels.
The club's broker later reduced its Facebook stake to four shares and corrected the purchase price.
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The firm will officially notify Citi tomorrow of its intention to purchase the additional 14% stake in the joint venture.
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Bigger mergers tend to fail more spectacularly because there's more at stake--witness Mattel's purchase of the Learning Co. or Quaker's purchase of Snapple.
When choosing 401(k) investments, many employees have the option to buy an ownership stake in the company by electing to purchase employer stock.
The fund did make a rare French purchase last year: a stake in Gabriel Meffre, because it owns its vineyards and controls its production and marketing.
The deal is expected to be completed in a few weeks after a due diligence process and the website will purchase a 51% controlling stake, while also having the option to buy the club outright in the future.
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