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.
If a state controlled fund begins to amass a controlling interest in any sector on which we depend, it can potentially have negative implications with respect to our national security.
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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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The Supreme Court agreed with Vodafone that the deal isn't subject to capital gains tax and Vodafone therefore had no obligation to withhold tax even though the main asset changing hands was a controlling interest in an Indian cellphone company.
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.
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