1.   Among the foreign investors who are big shareholders in Qantas are Templeton Investment Counsel, Fidelity Management and Research and Mercury Asset Management Plc.

2.   And that seems to indicate that some big shareholders may be champing at the bit to sell their eBay shares.

3.   And, despite the stock run, many big shareholders still say they would be happier if Fireman were not running the company.

4.   As it happened, the Bell Atlantic deal fell through and Liberty is still a big QVC shareholder.

5.   At least that was the opinion of money manager Perry Olson of the Portola Group in Menlo Park, which is a big Safeway shareholder.

6.   At Kmart Corp., some big shareholders even urged the discount retailer to eliminate its dividend and ease its financial stress.

7.   At that point, industry analysts said, Volkswagen may be reckoning it can sway big shareholders with a superior purchase price.

8.   Because big shareholders now own a much larger share of public companies, as opposed to individual holders, management is quicker to capitulate to their wishes.

9.   Big shareholders, who earlier this year said they were considering filing resolutions to help force a sale of the company, were guardedly optimistic.

10.   Big O shareholders still must approve the pact.