71.   The company acquires stakes in cellular-telephone companies around the world.

72.   The company has acquired equity stakes in three publicly traded companies as part of a strategy to forge relationships with businesses that possess technologies related to disk drives.

73.   U.S. car-parts maker TRW Inc. has expressed an interest in acquiring the stake in Valeo.

74.   Over a decade of privatization since the fall of communism, the government has allowed foreign banks to acquire big stakes in Polish enterprises.

75.   A spokesman for Edizione Holding said the family acquired the stake for investment purposes only and has no intention to increase it.

76.   According to an agreement reached in April, Eureko was supposed to acquire the stake at the same time and price as a public offering later this year.

77.   According to Narwani, the bank has set three key stipulations which must be met in acquiring stakes in local banks.

78.   About the only operator which made waves was Telekom Malaysia, which acquired strategic stakes in Thailand and South Africa.

79.   Already, a number of firms have already expressed interest in acquiring stakes in ETPI.

80.   Ameritech is not planning to acquire a stake in TPSA, Matraszek said.