In order to win control of Telecom Italia, however, Olivetti saddled itself with enormous amounts of debt.
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Here, Republicans believe they could pick up that one coveted seat needed to win control of the Senate.
While Democrats were expected to win control of the House of Representatives, they did so by a greater-than-expected margin.
But first he must win control of parliament in new elections next month.
Should Blackstone or Mr Icahn win control of Dell, it is not clear what either would do with it.
The net gain of 39 seats the Republicans need to win control of the House seems well within reach.
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Pier Luigi Bersani's centre-left bloc won a majority in the lower house but failed to win control of the Senate.
The GOP is expected to win control of the House of Representatives Tuesday and gain a stronger foothold in the Senate.
All of that is in jeopardy if the Siegel and Shuster heirs win control of the rights to the character through the appeals.
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Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp failed, again, to win control of Mediaset , an Italian television group controlled by Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest holding company.
Euronext shares have rallied by 28% in value so far this year on hopes that it will win control of the LSE at a good price.
Republicans are going to have to offer positive economic growth programs if they are to win control of the House, the Senate, and the White House in November.
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In August 2003, Deutsche Telekom, which owns 49% of PTC, offered 1bn euros to win control of the company by buying the rest from Vivendi and Polish utility Elektrim.
Somewhat contradictorily, they are decrying the attack on the Senate's traditions even as they threaten similar acts of vengeance should they win control of the chamber at the next election.
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If Democrats win control of the House, it will establish Kennedy as a key political player in Congress -- and catapult him to the forefront of his family's next generation of public figures.
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While few House incumbents are likely to lose, the narrowness of the GOP's House majority means the Democrats could pick up just a handful of seats and still win control of that body.
With polls suggesting Republicans are likely to gain a majority in the House, Democrats redoubled their efforts to keep the GOP from picking up the 10 seats it needs to win control of the Senate.
Abe is on a mission to reinvigorate the Japanese economy, win control of the upper house of the Diet (National Assembly) in summer elections and push through constitutional revision to remove constraints on Japan's military.
Turning to May's local government elections - where the SNP wants to win control of Glasgow City Council from Labour - Mr Salmond said voters had the chance to call time on the party's "local fiefdoms".
The opposition Democratic Alliance could wrest the province from the ANC at the election if it manages to join forces with a flurry of smaller opposition parties, as it did to win control of the city of Cape Town.
In 1988 Resch and his managers did another LBO to win complete control of the renamed KI.
Several African countries have pledged military aid to help the Malian government win back control of the north.
The growing charter school movement is a heartening sign that America's parents will eventually win back control of our schools.
Political parties in Cumbria are hoping they will gain enough votes to win overall control of the county council in Thursday's local elections.
Plaid said the party faced "disappointment" by failing to win overall control of the council by three seats but remained the largest group "by far" on the authority.
It is a result that will ring alarm bells for the party leadership - Delaware is one of a handful of states where the Republicans must win if they are to seize control of the Senate, he adds.
If they can make that argument effectively, it could happen that they could take back control of the Senate, win, you know, eight or nine of those 10 or 11 seats you had up there on the board.
Greenberg has told several associates that, under the right circumstances, he could win a proxy fight for control of AIG.
Republicans need to win 40 seats to take back control of the chamber.
The party's win in Crawley stripped Labour of control of the town for the first time since the early 1970s.
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