Formerly known as machine-to-machine communication, IoT until recently has been the province of large companies such as Microsoft and Cisco seeking to stake their claims to the technology.
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In the past week as many as 4, 000 peasants have trekked some 30 kilometres (18 miles) to stake their claims on four sprawling white-owned farms, designated for resettlement, in the fertile Marondera area, about 70km east of the capital, Harare.
And the regional stake held by what claims to be the world's top emerging-markets bank is about to grow dramatically.
The British mining company Oxus Gold, which began operating in Uzbekistan in 2004, also faced a variety of charges last year and claims its 50% stake in the lucrative Amantaytau gold mine was expropriated.
Thaksin intially explained his reason for selling the 49.6% stake as merely heading off conflict of interest claims.
's assets, following a suit by a New York man who claims to own an 84% stake in the social-networking company.
Ceglia claims he is also entitled to an extra 34% stake under the contract based on the date the site was completed, giving him an 84% ownership interest in the company that eventually became Facebook.
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Wrobel denies that charge and claims it was a pretext to deny him a promised equity stake and bonus.
An investment vehicle controlled by former American International Group chief Maurice (Hank) Greenberg claims the U.S. government singled out the insurer by taking a huge equity stake in return for bailout loans made during the 2008 financial crisis.
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Acconci Trust claims in its complaint that in 2004 it purchased on the secondary market a 31.24% stake in Lincolnshire Equity Fund, a leveraged buyout investment fund set up by Lincolnshire Management in or around 1994.
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In a written deposition to Nigeria's House Committee on petroleum resources, which is investigating the charges, Etete claims to have dined in August 2000 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar who, Etete says, demanded a stake as a condition for not revoking the license.
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