1.   Another plan was to ease Whitehall rules to encourage private firms to take a stake in new toll roads and other capital projects that help the economy.

2.   Along the way it took minority stakes in five soccer teams.

3.   An undisclosed number of Prodigy executives were given options to take a stake in International Wireless as part of the agreement.

4.   And in March, it took a stake in Dekalb Genetics Corp.

5.   And, by taking equity stakes in the companies it helps, the government hopes to raise cash for more research.

6.   As previously announced, the company is ridding itself of the practice of allowing its doctors to take stakes in Columbia facilities.

7.   As part of the plan, Alitalia reached a cost-cutting agreement with its employees that will allow them to take a stake in the airline.

8.   As the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians has progressed, several non-Israeli companies have taken stakes in companies there.

9.   After expanding the company geographically, Bollore amassed an empire by taking minority stakes in other companies, turning them around and acquiring control or selling them.