The big mistake, he said, was not capitalizing on the fact that Northern Virginia is far enough away from the District of Columbia to eliminate a lot of fan territory overlap--which both clubs estimate at 25%--but close enough to maintain the joint cable venture.

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That will put it close behind No. 1 Cingular Wireless --a joint venture between SBC Communications (nyse: SBC - news - people ) and BellSouth (nyse: BLS - news - people )--and No. 2 Verizon Wireless --a joint venture of Verizon Communications (nyse: VZ - news - people ) and Vodafone Group (nyse: VOD - news - people ).

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BP, the British oil giant, is reportedly close to selling its 50% stake in Russian joint venture TNK-BP to Rosneft, the state-owned oil company.

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This will make close co-operation between regulatory authorities a necessity as has been demonstrated in the joint governance of the Single Electricity market in Ireland.

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The company is one of five worldwide in a joint-venture to develop the South Pars offshore gas field (the others include companies from close U.S. allies France and Canada as well as Indonesia and Russia).

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