1.   At the same time, Mar-Haim said, the company is interested in buying more state assets, including boosting its stake in Israel Oil Refineries.

2.   A court recently decided to allow the company and partner Newmont Mining Company to boost their stake in the Yanacocha gold mine.

3.   Ahern said the campaign had nothing to do with a recent bid by rival Bank of New York Co. to boost its stake in State Street.

4.   Financier Carl Icahn boosted his stake in RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. and demanded the ouster of its chairman, as he tries to salvage a poor investment.

5.   For anyone who strikes it rich, the lure to boost the stakes can be almost irresistible.

6.   He also boosted stakes in financial services companies ranging from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to First Interstate Bancorp.

7.   It boosted its stake in joint ventures to produce the parts in India, Argentina, Brazil and Slovenia.

8.   It would mark a retreat for TCI International, a unit of the largest U.S. cable provider, which earlier this year considered boosting its stake in Cablevision.

9.   Many investors, though, have been boosting their stake in Whirlpool even as the company raises its vulnerability to problems in Brazil.

10.   Meanwhile, two insiders at Carmike Cinemas, whose shares are trading at about half of what they were selling for a year earlier, boosted their stakes.