Sentence examples for giant stake from inspiring English sources

His and Potanin's giant stake in Norilsk Nickel still rankled many Russians.

He added that he didn't look up how much Goldman gave to charity when he bought a giant stake in the firm during the depths of the financial crisis, and that Goldman's generosity — or lack of it — has never factored into any investment decision he has made.

He is the most powerful fund manager in the country, taking giant stakes in companies and using his vast shareholdings to boot underperforming FTSE 100 bosses out of their jobs.

In a second move, NTL also announced that it will receive a 4.5 billion ($7.1 billion) investment from France Telecom ft in return for raising the telecom giants stake in the company to 25%.

Still, with memories of Lone Star's earlier treatment still raw, the buyout giants staking out South Korea may be glad their predecessor did not make provocatively excessive returns.

ASSOCIATED PRESS China Internet Giant Buys Stake in Search Engine | Tencent Holdingsgs, China's biggest Internet company, invested $448 million for a 36.5 percent stake in Sogou, helping the company keep pace with its rivals, Alibaba and Baidu.

Yukos had indicated its willingness to sell up to 40percentt of the company to a foreign oil giant, a stake that at current prices would be worth about $25 billion.

While the scramble of the last several weeks has largely been about the technical challenges, it's the giant political stakes that have consumed all of Washington and put President Obama and the Democrats on the defensive.

Verizon Communications is in talks with Vodafone to buy the British telecommunication giant's 45% stake in Verizon Wireless.

Mr. Penske, who is also chairman of Penske Corporation, the transportation giant, holds a stake of more than 40percentt in UnitedAuto.

Amazon.com As the online retail giant prepares to stake its claim on high-end fashion, the question remains: friend or foe?