1.   Continental is expected to try and increase its stake - or bid.

2.   B Sky B is now profitable of trading level, we increased our stake in it during the year from eleven percent to sixteen percent.

3.   FURTHER signs emerged today that the property market is set to take off as fund managers prepare to increase their stakes in UK property companies.

4.   Mr Knox has consistently denied previous reports that Scottish Amicable was seeking to increase its stake in the Bank of Edinburgh.

5.   And each action sequence builds on what has come before, increasing the stakes with a dignified hilarity.

6.   And Aquila has promised not to increase its stake in Quanta by buying more shares, and it will drop legal and arbitration cases that were under way.

7.   And Heineken could be readying to increase its stake in Asia Pacific Brewers, she continued.

8.   And it will change when the stakes are increased in the single-elimination format of the NCAA tournament.

9.   Anheuser-Busch has been increasing its stake in Modelo over the past four years as part of an effort to expand its reach outside the U.S.

10.   As a result, the executives said, Time Warner has the right to increase its stake in Turner without the consent of U S West.