Wells Fargo, another bank in which Berkshire has a significant stake, was up 2.2%.
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Relatively undemanding milestones will quite soon take Fiat's stake in Chrysler up to 35%.
The U.S. Treasury is putting only about 20% of its stake in GM up for sale for now, meaning taxpayers will continue to own a substantial piece of GM for the foreseeable future.
American depositary receipts of Allied Irish Banks, which is expected to be effectively nationalized, were up 4.8%, while Bank of Ireland, which is trying to raise private cash to avoid an increase in the government's 36% ownership stake, was up 15.3%.
But if dozens of the world's states are in some sense failed, and may well have a stake in covering up the failure of others, then help offered by yet more governments, or inter-governmental agencies, is unlikely to be a panacea.
What's surprising is why PNC Financial Services, BlackRock's majority owner, would even contemplate giving up its stake.
Ghosn's alma mater Renault owns 37% of Nissan, a stake it began buying up early in 1999.
As to private banks, many are controlled by families that do not want to give up their stake.
Freeport also has an option of increasing its stake in the project up to as much as 70%.
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Players' incomes and stake holdings would go up or down each year depending on how good business is overall.
For many young entrepreneurs, seemingly free money beats having to give up a stake in their companies to venture capitalists.
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Intel gets to offload the problem of managing a volatile business, without giving up a stake in a key market.
Banco Santander sold 8% of its Chilean stake recently to plug up holes in its flagship enterprise in Spain.
Unlike some other crowdfunding services, SliceBiz's model involves recipients giving up a stake in their business in return for the money received.
Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has been gradually building up a stake in the club and on Friday said he wanted to increase his holding.
Elliott recently bumped up its stake in Hess to 4.52 percent.
It said it wanted to up its stake in Arsenal over time, but it stressed there were no plans for an imminent increase in its holding.
What's surprising is why PNC Financial Services (nyse: PNC - news - people ), BlackRock's majority owner, would even contemplate giving up its stake.
Mr. Slim was in New York City this week but he did not visit Newsweek and is not planning to up his stake in The New York Times as of now.
He also criticised The Hindu Forum of Britain for turning a "local issue" into a major story and making thousands of Hindus feel their religion was at stake unless they stood up for Shambo.
William Ackman of Pershing Square, an activist hedge fund, has built up his stake in Fortune Brands, a conglomerate with interests ranging from golf to spirits to home furnishings, and may try to force it to sell some of its parts.
The Italian automaker will be allowed to acquire up to 40% of the United Autoworkers (UAW) Trust stake in 2012, as Marchionne gears up to take Chrysler public.
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In exchange, a company will usually give up an equity stake (which could be over 50%).
And their 35% stake in Yahoo Japan is up 76% since the start of the year.
Cuban did end up selling his stake, avoiding losses when the deal was made public.
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Buyers can build up a secret stake without paying a premium to smaller shareholders.
The most likely outcome is that all five will end up with some stake in them.
Mr Taubman has put his controlling stake in Sotheby's up for sale too.
That means persuading the government, which does not want its 59% stake diluted, to stump up: not an easy task.
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Nevertheless, he has been feeling more heat since last year, when he snapped up a small stake in the New York Mets.
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