31.   German publishing houses have taken huge stakes in American publishing.

32.   He said the bank has no immediate intention of taking a stake in the U.S. fund manager but would consider doing so later if the price was right.

33.   He took a stake in a radio station.

34.   He recently took a stake in Hong Kong and China Gas, a utility, and is poring over Latin American prospects.

35.   In addition, Deutsche Telekom soon will announce that it is taking a stake in a Southeast Asian telecommunications company, Kroeske said.

36.   In addition, the bill would allow investors to take big stakes in public companies without tipping their hand to the market, as is now required.

37.   In addition to Agency.com, it also took minority stakes in publicly traded Internet agencies like Organic in San Francisco and Razorfish in New York.

38.   In exchange, the state is taking equity stakes in many of the companies.

39.   In Indonesia, the government has said foreign banks can take a stake in a major new bank that will be formed from several weaker smaller ones.

40.   Investors also speculated that larger telecommunications companies may take a stake in U.K. cable firms, which also provide telephone services to their customers.