His Basic Element holding company also has a 25% stake in Austrian construction company Strabag SE.

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Then, Germany's Commerzbank bought back his 10% stake in German construction company Hochtief.

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Results from the the third quarter of 2011 were flattered by a big gain from the sale of some of its stake in China Construction Bank.

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All this is going on as Lewis strikes deals to buy credit card company MBNA (nyse: KRB - news - people ) and a stake in China Construction Bank.

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The diet continues at Bank of America, with the firm announcing Monday that it has agreed to sell the bulk of its remaining stake in China Construction Bank (CCB) to private investors.

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Rebrab founded the company in 1971 by acquiring a 20% stake in Sotecom, an Algerian metallic construction firm.

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Antonio Brufau, the firm's executive chairman, has been at odds with Luis del Rivero, chairman of construction firm Sacyr Vallehermoso, which owns a 20% stake in Repsol.

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China Railway Construction said in a filing that it isn't part of the Chinese consortium buying the equity stake.

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Chung Ju Yung, Hyundai's 83-year-old founder, cannot know whether it was wise to force his brother to give up an 8.3% stake in Hyundai Motor in exchange for 37.7% of Hyundai Industrial Development and Construction, South Korea's largest builder of apartments.

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