1.   For Cablevision, the investment gives its Rainbow Media Holdings Inc. unit funds to pay down debt.

2.   Foreign portfolio investment is giving way to longer-lasting direct-equity stakes in manufacturing, services and natural-resource industries.

3.   His investment gives Wexford the right to form an exclusive regional express carrier for the new airline.

4.   Lehman, though, maintains that its investment banking business gives it a strong vantage point.

5.   The investment should give the company more clout, Johnston said.

6.   The investment would give J.P. Morgan a piece of what will rank as the fourth-largest U.S. property and casualty insurer.

7.   The investments are also giving a boost to the stocks of cable-TV companies.

8.   The investment gives News Corp. a less costly entry into the U.S. satellite TV business than building his own service.

9.   The investment gives News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch a less costly way to enter the U.S. satellite TV business than building a service on his own.

10.   The investment gives Rockefeller Center Properties breathing room to prepare its own plan to reorganize the finances of the world famous property, the company said.