1.   A group led by CEI Citicorp Holdings SA and Telefonica de Espana SA is expected to purchase a stake in Argentine publisher Editorial Atlantida, El Cronista reported.

2.   A value investor to the core, like Buffett he purchases large stakes in just a few companies with steady growth prospects and market-dominating tendencies.

3.   Buyout firms purchase stakes in private companies.

4.   By purchasing a stake in Aerolineas, Continental would gain access to U.S.-Argentine airline routes.

5.   Chilean utilities are the leading investors abroad, having purchased sizeable stakes in Argentina and Peru.

6.   Four members of the Pittsburgh Pirates ownership group purchased a stake in the team from another partner.

7.   Goldman Sachs has already purchased stakes in Brazilian companies including Arisco Produtos Alimenticios Ltda., a food producer.

8.   In recent days a group of investors led by American investor Jeffrey Keil said it was entering a tender to purchase a stake in the bank from the government.

9.   Kreditanstalt also has been known to help the German government out of budgetary difficulties by purchasing stakes in state-owned companies and holding them for later sale.

10.   Mobil has purchased stakes in oil and gas fields in the extreme north and in southern Argentina.