Sentence examples for a stake that from inspiring English sources

High point In 1991, he rescued the ailing Citicorp, investing $590m in a stake that is now worth billions.

But he also owns about 1.3 million BlackRock shares, a stake that is now worth $275 million.

He put $5 million into Acleda Bank, a stake that has soared, and earned double-digit gains on telecoms and utilities in the region.

Mr. Ackman next bought into J.C. Penney with a stake that now amounts to about 18 percent and hired Ron Johnson from Apple as chief executive.

Mr. Wyss controls 47 percent of Synthes, a stake that will be worth slightly more than $10 billion when the deal closes.

When Goldman Sachs went public on May 4 , 1999 Jon Corzine, who was then the firm's chief executive, held a stake that was suddenly valued at $305 million.

He spent £9,000 on Ocado shares at 2p each when he joined in May – a stake that is now worth about £2m.

Mr. Petty agreed to have another company he controlled pay $1.2 million for Mr. Dunlap's stake in Nitec, a stake that had cost him only a nominal sum.

Not a fortune, perhaps, but a rate of return on a $100 stake that might be envied by a trader in a real financial market.

Global Crossing is Exodus's largest shareholder, with a 20percentt stake that is a result of a deal last year in which Exodus acquired Global Crossing's Web-site operating unit.

And OfficeMax has contended with Neuberger Berman, an investor with a 5 percent stake that has called for bigger payouts to shareholders.