If you do want to try your luck with tracking stock, you should know you can get it in different ways at different times: either as a parent company investor or an outsider.

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The last two aren't surprising considering Foxconn's parent company, Hon Hai, is an investor of Sharp as well as LeTV.

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The puppet has done the round of talk shows, including Good Morning America and Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, courtesy of a cozy relationship with ABC parent Disney, whose Go.com Internet arm is an investor in Pets.com.

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