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And, with a slim grip on power in Canberra, Australia's government mightn't welcome foreign ownership of a critical piece of infrastructure.

Mr. Fottorino said he had no objections to foreign ownership, which can be a sensitive subject in France, as elsewhere.

And scandals seem to be ensnaring larger and larger companies that often have significant foreign ownership.

It said the rise in foreign ownership made it harder to justify taxing foreign dividends paid to British companies.

Mr Duffy said Ikea remained interested in India, and would continue to press for a relaxation of the foreign ownership restrictions.

Not all 12 would be pursued, and foreign ownership restrictions in many countries would make it hard to buy some of those targeted.

The aim, needless to say, is to protect European, and French, industrial champions from foreign ownership.

Foreign-ownership restrictions deny efficiencies from consolidation and mean no carrier has more than a few percent of the world market.

Bernard Hickey is quite right when he says what NZ needs is a hefty land tax, which would deter foreign ownership.

"Ours is the only [professional services sector] that allows sole [foreign] ownership. "

"I'd hope some day the Chinese government would allow this [foreign ownership] to happen, perhaps in the next two years, " Mr Mittal said.

New Delhi permits foreign ownership of single-brand retailing, where all goods sold in a store belong to a single brand.

Then, empirical analysis with nonparametric test and case studies are conducted by the different stages of introducing foreign ownership.

In 2002, Sheik Mohammed opened the door to foreign ownership of property in certain developments.

Foreign ownership . . . is now much less controversial than it once was in Australia.

Yet it restricts foreign ownership to a tiny fraction of its domestic market.

The only notable reform has been allowing 51% direct foreign ownership in single-branded retail businesses.

Overseas investors will also be watching for an easing of foreign ownership restrictions in sectors such as telecommunications and retail.

Chapter two is titles the theoretical analyses of Chinese bank's introducing foreign ownership on its performance.

Foreign ownership of some local bond markets are at all-time highs, raising their sensitivity to global risk appetite.

Foreign ownership of logistics service firms, e. g. , public warehousing and transportation carriers.

The aggregate market share of firms with substantial foreign ownership is still below 5%.

Few expect Beijing to drop foreign ownership rules in the next few years.

The 49% limit on foreign ownership in JV fund management companies should be raised and foreign majority ownership should be allowed.

State debt owed to foreigners and foreign ownership of key national assets have regularly created political problems.

Previous negotiations foundered on European objections to America's limits on foreign ownership of airlines.

It also provides the necessary theoretical support for China's commercial banks to take on minority foreign ownership.

This disparity may, however, be due to restrictions on foreign ownership in those markets.

The move would follow the path of Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United, who have all fallen into foreign ownership in recent years.

Foreign ownership; Chinese commercial bank; Motives; Effect.

Knowledgeable, well connected and often protected by foreign-ownership rules, they have an advantage over the new entrants.

If the Europeans get their way, from 2010 American airlines may no longer be protected from foreign ownership.

Local authorities don't publish statistics on foreign ownership of residential property.

Thailand's military junta is tightening foreign ownership restrictions.

Renren, between its America CEO and foreign institutional investors, also has a very high level of foreign ownership.

Renault's revival of Nissan and the recovery under foreign ownership of troubled Japanese and Korean banks are cases in point.

Yet even trade unionists are generally friendly towards foreign ownership these days.

A holding of more than 15 per cent of dual-listed Rio's Australian shares could be blocked under foreign ownership rules.

Even today foreign ownership of Japanese debt is only 6 per cent compared with 50 per cent for US government paper.

Pakistan imposes no restriction, however, on foreign ownership of brokerage seats on the KSE.

But with new rules allowing foreign ownership of equity, investors are showing keen interest.

The European group cited restrictions including a proposed limit of 50 percent foreign ownership in new energy vehicle companies.

In some cases Vietnam will retain the right to limit foreign ownership in services.

Total foreign ownership in a bank has also been scaled back to 25 per cent, the standard rule.

Foreign ownership of Brazil's domestic bonds reached its highest-ever level in January, he says.

If a Chinese company can help the Japanese sell to the increasingly affluent Chinese, then foreign ownership becomes easier to stomach.

However, Chinese regulators refused to waive a rule that limits foreign ownership in Chinese banks to 25 per cent.

Many may refuse to liberalise foreign ownership on their territory.

The failure to scrap barriers to foreign ownership has meant there are no intercontinental mergers.

No restrictions on foreign ownership.

The result is a U. S. steel market that is more open to foreign ownership and imports than are any of its major rivals.

But China's government limits foreign ownership stakes in those ventures, and limits what types of businesses they can undertake.

Is Alibaba signaling a government shift that may see many of the Chinese Internet firms forced to reduce foreign ownership?

Another myth is that foreign ownership turns companies into mere branches of remote head offices.

It raised issues about foreign ownership of UK assets and the job security of British workers.

Their most basic anxiety is that foreign ownership will mean factory closures and job losses.

On March 22nd, after much delay, the government approved a proposal to raise the limit on foreign ownership of telecoms firms to 74%.

That is the headline story from the latest data on foreign ownership of U. S. government debt.

And the idea that foreign ownership of immobile assets such as airports or ports poses a risk is laughable.

In a stroke of a pen, a law allowing foreign ownership of Chinese banks made the oldest foreign-owned bank unholdable by its foreign owners.

The 33% limit on foreign ownership in JV securities firms to be raised and open the industry to majority foreign ownership.

It is unclear what the government can do, however, since foreign ownership of forests is legal in Japan.

The deal is controversial, not least in Australia, which promptly began re-examining its foreign-ownership laws. See article

Bank of Korea demands curbs on foreign ownership