71.   Plano, Texas-based Electronic Data Systems is among companies said to be considering taking a stake in the bank.

72.   PRINCE IN PLANET HOLLYWOOD DEAL Planet Hollywood has formed an alliance with Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, who has taken a stake in it.

73.   Santa Clara, California-based Intel has taken equity stakes in a number of high techn ventures.

74.   SBC Communications of the U.S. and Mannesmann AG of Germany will also take stakes in the unit under the agreement.

75.   Santa Clara, California-based Intel has taken equity stakes in a number of high technology ventures.

76.   Safeguard specializes in finding promising privately held companies, taking stakes in them, and helping the companies sell shares to the public.

77.   Several other private equity firms are also planning to participate by taking smaller stakes in Datek.

78.   Similar objections were raised a decade ago when the de Benedetti group first took its stake in Valeo.

79.   Suddenly, NTT has made investments in Europe and Asia, bid for one U.S. company and is reportedly in talks aimed at taking a stake in another.

80.   Such conviction allows these managers to take sizable stakes and to stick with a company even when the going gets tough.