81.   Spanish bank Banco Bilboa Vizcaya recently said it would increase its stake in the banco Frances.

82.   Ssanyong Group shares rose on growing optimism Daimler-Benz AG of Germany will increase its stake in Ssangyong Motor Co., becoming its largest shareholder.

83.   Speculation it would increase its stake have buoyed Lloyds Abbey Life shares in recent weeks.

84.   Surveys show Eastern European funds increasing their stakes in Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet Union states.

85.   State Street Boston Corp. Thursday urged Massachusetts regulators to block Bank of New York Co. from increasing its stake in State Street.

86.   Still, Ford may never increase its stake in a South Korean automaker, he said.

87.   That month, Elijah increased his stakes in Dell and Compaq Computer while reinvesting heavily in Intel, which he had abandoned a few months earlier.

88.   The bank is considering a plan to increase its stake in Banco Inverlat, the Mexican newspaper El Economista reported.

89.   The company also said at the time it expected to increase its stakes in brewers in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.

90.   The company also said it has increased its stake in its Chinese brewing joint venture, Wuxi Lion Nathan Taihushui Brewery.