81.   Taking subordinate stakes will be BP, Conoco, Phillips Petroleum, Marathon Oil, Occidental Petroleum and TotalFinaElf.

82.   Still, China continues to ban foreign companies from operating or taking equity stakes in phone networks.

83.   That has prompted utilities to take stakes in companies in other industries, including telecommunications, water and waste management.

84.   That led the banks to take equity stakes.

85.   The bank has sold off its traditional retail banking operations, and has beefed up its investment activities, which involve taking stakes in growing medium-sized companies.

86.   The company recently took a stake in a Chinese bus maker and is planning to produce cars in a joint venture in Taiwan.

87.   The company recently took a stake in a Chinese busmaker and plans to produce cars in a joint venture in Taiwan.

88.   The government has already taken stakes in the largest banks, but the holdings are relatively tiny ones.

89.   The head of the rival thrift that took a stake in Financial last month said his interest in it is as strong as ever.

90.   The largest landesbanken took stakes in smaller ones in a flurry of activity after reunification.