1.   And it is taking the unusual step of buying ownership stakes in some projects.

2.   West Yorkshire, will be able to buy a stake once shares are placed with institutional investors.

3.   Also among the winners were subsidiaries of Finance One Plc, whose board of directors will meet tomorrow to discuss buying a stake in Thai Danu Bank Plc.

4.   American producers have reacted to the European boom by buying stakes in European channels and production companies.

5.   Ameritech bought a stake in Peapod, an interactive service that enables computer users to shop for groceries from home.

6.   Analysts expect other phone companies will try to buy a stake in Cablevision.

7.   Analysts said if Mitsui bought the stake, it planned on doing so by purchasing Asian Terminals shares trading on the stock exchange.

8.   Analysts think London-based Cadbury might buy stakes in U.S. bottlers in order to maintain a distribution system.

9.   An official for Jiangling Motors Corp. said Ford is buying the stake, though a Ford spokesman would confirm only that the two companies were talking.

10.   Analysts expect Cadbury to buy stakes in Beverage America, in Holland, Michigan, and Select Beverages, in Darien, Illinois.