41.   Anant, who rarely speaks to the press, vowed that the majority ownership of the company would remain Thai.

42.   Eastern Caribbean immigrants here are pressing their adopted homeland to change a law that excludes them from majority ownership of certain casino hotels.

43.   It emerged two years ago from its first bankruptcy when Baltimore surgeon Charles C. Edwards bought the airline and took majority ownership of the company from the employees.

44.   It endorsed a program to sell stock in state companies, but said majority ownership should stay in state hands.

45.   It will not, however, permit majority foreign ownership of the bank.

46.   Majority ownership by the Indonesian government and the leading role the bank plays in the domestic economy are positive rating factors, it added.

47.   Majority ownership, he said, would be permitted.

48.   Musa said the new incentives include re-investment allowances, tax holidays, majority foreign equity ownership and lower import tariffs.

49.   Officials signed an agreement Monday to transfer majority ownership of a conflict-ridden joint industrial project from Singapore to China.

50.   Scaling back initial reforms, the government last year curbed sales of smaller state firms and has vowed to keep majority ownership of larger ones in government hands.