Internazionale have become the first Serie A club to fall under Chinese ownership after the Suning Holdings Group acquired a majority share in the Italian side.
James Meek's book on the privatisation of Britain, Private Island, highlights the perverse outcome of an energy industry sell-off that saw vast tracts of our power infrastructure fall under the ownership of the French government-owned EDF.
Arsenal moved closer to becoming the latest Premiership club to fall under foreign ownership last night after David Dein, the former vice-chairman who relinquished the role bitterly in April citing "irreconcilable differences" with the board, sold his 14.58% stake in the club to the Uzbek steel magnate, Alisher Usmanov.
Such mass expulsion is possible in China because all land falls under public ownership, and because local areas have a lot of autonomy, says Professor Lou Jianbo of the Research Institute for Property Law at Peking University.
While Connie Mack had an agreement with Spokane that Coveleski would be promoted after playing there for a time, the Athletics fell under new ownership in 1913 and lost control of him due to the Athletics' rights expiring.
At least two states, Connecticut and Washington, have ruled that pachislos fall under existing laws barring home ownership of slot machines, and most dealers won't ship there.
Couples are waiting longer before they marry; the birthrate is falling; home ownership among under-40s is plummeting; and the rate of small business formation by young people is decreasing.
Jil Sander has received some damning reviews since it fell under Prada's ownership.
Restrictions to its defined contributions pension scheme could spark strikes among a workforce that has already seen the loss of 4,000 jobs since falling under private equity ownership four years ago.
Ninety-nine percent of the municipality is classified as rural and about 60% of the municipal area falls under traditional authority ownership, while the remaining 40% constitutes commercial farms and conservation areas [ 19].
Both fall under the rubric of insanity.
