An attempt by Mercedes-Benz (the car arm of Daimler-Benz) to forge a joint venture foundered in 1995, but the executives got to know each other.
Under Mr. Cuomo's proposal, the state would forge a joint venture with the Genting Group, the Malaysian company that has invested $800 million in opening a gambling hall at Aqueduct.
But in an interview at a New York conference on Wednesday, Mr. Miller, whose fund controls a 5.4percentt stake in Yahoo, said he wants Microsoft to reopen talks to buy Yahoo outright and not simply forge a joint venture.
At the same time, Mr. Roth of Vornado sought to forge a joint venture with Mr. Zell and the Fishers, believing that Rockefeller Center was too big for any one company to own.
General Electric is planning to sell, spin-off or forge a joint venture with it century-old appliance business currently valued at $7.2 billion.
Thursday's development comes two months after GE announced plans to sell, spin off or forge a joint venture with its century-old $7.2 billion appliance business.
But 50 was there for other business: to forge a joint venture with Motsepe that could soon bring him an equity stake in the mine and 50 Cent-branded platinum to the world.
He wants to forge a joint venture with the mortgage firm, perhaps outsourcing some loan-servicing functions to Countrywide and also tapping its considerable expertise in the home loan sector.
The company also forged a joint venture with Multex.com to develop a Web site for the growing community of private investors in Europe.
Strauss has forged a joint venture with China's Haier Group, the world's biggest maker of white goods, to distribute it.China is the perfect first market for such an appliance, says Rami Ronen, the boss of Strauss's water arm.
