The Japanese automaker was near death in 1999 when French automaker Renault bought a controlling interest.
If they voted yes, short-sellers would be in a position to gain a controlling interest.
In late July Anderson announced that Terax had acquired a controlling interest in Canadian outfit Truestar Petroleum.
In November 2006 Lindner sold a controlling interest in the Reds to Robert Castellini, Chairman of Castellini Co.
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If Earth were a company where every urban dweller had a share, Asia is already approaching a controlling interest.
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Then, years from now, once the taxpayer loans are paid off, Fiat would be entitled to take a controlling interest.
The case involved the acquisition of the target company TSC Industries by National Industries through the purchase of a controlling interest.
"I was peeved that money was such a controlling interest in my life, " says Weinstein, a freelance graphic designer based in Brooklyn.
"If I was going to put in the time and sweat, I wanted an opportunity to own a controlling interest, "he says.
Unlike the businesses he buys a controlling interest in or buys outright.
Congressional approval will be needed to offer private investors a larger stake, reducing the government's holding to less than a controlling interest.
Some Western oil companies, including BP, agreed to turn over a controlling interest to PdVSA, while others such as Exxon Mobil Corp.
He also has tender offers from stockholders that would bring his total stake in the enterprise to 68%, which would give him a controlling interest.
Last year Ashcroft bought a controlling interest in Belize Telecommunications Ltd.
Besides Cardiff International the TBI portfolio includes Belfast International and Stockholm Skavsta airports, and a controlling interest in London Luton airport, home of budget carrier EasyJet.
It also expanded its footprint in China by acquiring a controlling interest in HiChina Web Solutions, a provider of Internet services such as domain registration and Web hosting.
The Graham family, which has a controlling interest in the company, has made it clear that they are not in favor of a spinout of the Kaplan products.
Fortunately, just because DaimlerChrysler (nyse: DCX - news - people ) owns a controlling interest in Mitsubishi doesn't mean sharing a platform delivers the same drive characteristics.
This, along with the news that John Elkann, a 34-year-old scion of the Agnelli family which holds a controlling interest in Fiat, would replace Luca di Montezemolo as chairman, cheered investors.
"We are happy to announce that we have entered into a binding agreement with the Maloofs to purchase a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise, " Hansen said in a statement.
Take oilfield services giant National Oilwell: First Reserve led the group that bought the company in January 1996 from USX and took it public eight months later (while maintaining a controlling interest in the company).
Eighteen days later Mr Flowers had acquired a controlling interest in Enstar, a small firm in Alabama that had two big attractions: a stockmarket value beneath its cash holdings, and a tax-loss to carry forward.
"The NBA received an executed Purchase and Sale Agreement for the transfer of a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family to an investor group led by Christopher Hansen, " the league said.
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In recent weeks the company has been linked with negotiations to acquire a controlling interest in Dutch producer Endemol - the creator of the Big Brother franchise - at a time when Mediaset are trying to improve flagging advertising revenues.
Take oilfield services giant National Oilwell (nyse: NOI - news - people ): First Reserve led the group that bought the company in January 1996 from USX and took it public eight months later (while maintaining a controlling interest in the company).
The outcome, eventually, was a rule by which a company can keep a special-purpose vehicle off its balance sheet as long as an independent third party owns a controlling equity interest equivalent to at least 3% of the fair value of its assets.
Comcast Corporation owns a controlling 51% interest in NBCUniversal, with GE holding a 49% stake.
Hansen has had a deal since January to buy a 65 percent controlling interest in the Kings from the Maloof family.
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