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The bank went live later the same year after receiving money from Japanese investors that left Matsuo with a majority stake.

He stressed Vodafone did not expect to obtain a majority stake in a Chinese wireless business, because of government control.

Meanwhile, speculation increased that Comcast, a cable-TV operator, would make a deal for a majority stake in NBC.

Bouygues SA's management reported that the company had acquired a majority stake in SAUR.

Each licence ought to be shared between several parties, with the winner securing a majority stake.

The Citigroup-led consortium aims to take a majority stake in the bank for Rmb24. 1bn, with the US bank taking 20 per cent.

The Treasury holds a majority stake in Royal Bank of Scotland and a substantial slice of Lloyds Banking Group.

AIG's previous disposals include a majority stake in reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings Inc. , a Tokyo office tower and an equipment insurer.

But it may struggle to find one firm with sufficient resources willing to take a majority stake.

It acquired a majority stake in ITX, a cellphone retailer, whose boss was the brother of Global Company's boss.

HSBC has continued its expansion into fast-growing Asian economies by buying a majority stake in an Indonesian bank.

A majority stake of Opel is up for sale due to GM's need for cash and Opel's need for assistance.

The deal would see shareholders in the German exchange hold a majority stake in the new company.

It will also lose control of its critical Opel unit in Europe when it sells its majority stake.

The American government still holds a majority stake in the carmaker, but could start selling the shares later this year.

Both men retain a majority stake in Pret, but Mr Beecham says a second business collaboration is unlikely.

He singled out uncertainty over whether foreign companies could gain a majority stake in newly discovered deposits.

He was elected mayor in 2001 but retains a majority stake in the company.

He maintains a majority stake and tight control over the five-person board.

Together they own a majority stake in Landsbanki, and Gudmundsson owns West Ham United football club.

This majority stake was bought by a group of investors led by private equity firms Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowit.

Lung Ming owns a majority stake in the operator of the Eruu Gol iron-ore project with local partner, Dornyn Gobi, controlling the rest.

The targeted firms thought they had avoided this fate by negotiating a deal in which the government would take a bare majority stake.

The Shanghai government will provide the land, finance construction, and own the majority stake in the park, the report said.

In the UK, Vauxhall, in which a majority stake is being sold by GM, will be affected.

They don't want to bother with outright control, so they won't buy a majority stake, but will plough money into infrastructure.

To some Americans, the sale of a majority stake in the New York Stock Exchange to Deutsche Boerse borders on the criminal.

He later gained a majority stake in its holding company.

BoC may also take over Temasek's majority stake in NIB, a Pakistani bank.

Roche has a majority stake in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan.

In May it made an offer of roughly $835m for a majority stake.

Analysts at Baird estimated that Yum would pay $590m to take the majority stake.

In the UK, the government ended up with a majority stake in Royal Bank of Scotland.

Three years ago, I was representing a buy-side client to acquire the majority stake in Huayi Brothers Music.

It would consider selling a majority stake if a bid were high enough.

Its plans for Patrick's majority stake in Virgin Blue are unclear but there are suggestions it will be sold.

There were signs of change in December when Panasonic agreed to buy a majority stake in Sanyo Electric for around $9 billion.

Be wary of angels who want half the business or a majority stake.

China is also encouraging joint ventures where Chinese companies have a majority stake.

The partnership has an equity capital of $20 million, with MDS owning a majority stake of 74 percent and BAE owning 26 percent.

Coty has overcome this by taking a majority stake in TJoy.

Revenue fell 4 percent to $35. 6 billion, in part because of GE's sale of a majority stake in NBC Universal to Comcast in February.

PetroChina agreed to pay C$1. 9bn last year for a majority stake in two oil sands projects in northern Alberta.

But it's not yet clear whether they will hold a majority stake.

A majority stake in Lego's four Legoland theme parks was sold to the Blackstone Group, a private-equity firm, last year.

In May 2010, AXA acquires a 58% majority stake in GoVoyages (turnover Euro 1. 1 billion).

At last year's show GM, facing bankruptcy in America, put a majority stake in Opel up for sale.

Hong Kong-based Semi-tech, founded by James Ting, bought a majority stake in Akai, one of Japan's oldest electronic groups, in 1995.

HSIM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hang Seng Group, a Hong Kong financial institution in which HSBC holds a majority stake.

Pricing of Public Companies in Transfer By Contract of the Majority Stake

Early 1990s, Assidoman of Sweden acquired majority stake