1.   AXA is the biggest shareholder in Elf Aquitaine and owns substantial shares of Banque Nationale and Paribas.

2.   Bank of Boston is under pressure from its biggest shareholders to sell out.

3.   Berkshire Hathaway is considering distributing the shares through Salomon Brothers Inc., where Buffett is the biggest shareholder.

4.   BP is the equal biggest shareholder with Chevron in the Kutubu oil and gas fields.

5.   Aker Maritime is the biggest shareholder in the ailing Kvaerner, and Yukos Oil is the second biggest.

6.   Burda Holding GmbH, its biggest shareholder, said last weekend it will stop funding the online information service venture.

7.   Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and its biggest shareholders tumbled on concern slumping tourist arrivals will hammer earnings.

8.   Cobepa SA, the biggest shareholder in GIB, said today it would welcome a partnership with Promodes.

9.   Dresdner Bank became so feeble that it was taken over by its biggest shareholder, Allianz Insurance, and Commerz Bank is a perpetual subject of takeover speculation.

10.   Even when they are not the biggest shareholders, some bosses are behaving more like owners.