"There is an offer from Qatar on the table" that involves a stake in the Porsche holding company, Mr. Gaube said.
Following where the consumer masses (and their eyeballs) are going, WPP has taken stakes in e-commerce sites like MySupermarket ($10 million in April 2012); and more straight media plays, such as yesterday's news involving a stake in Fullscreen (undisclosed amount), stakes in Buddy Media (sold to Salesforce), Omniture (sold to Adobe) and more.
wahooligan Other candidates ignored young voters because they weren't 'strategically reliable.' Barack defied that and invited us to be involved and take a stake in this election.
But Veep's first season with Mandel at the helm was a spectacular series-best installment, with a renewed sense of focus in the show's plotting that involved a bit of stakes-raising, too.
Of course, there are high hurdles to clear before all this great stuff happens complex rights agreements, conflicting technology standards and the sometimes fractious relationship between carriers and content providers but everyone involved has a stake in making it work.
The offering is likely to involve a 25% stake sale, potentially raising close to £200m.
The transaction was expected to involve a 7.5 percent stake currently held by a consortium of public- and private-sector German banks, as well as another 4.5 percent from Daimler, which presently owns 15 percent of the company.
The letter of intent involves a 50percentt stake in Bitstream Underground in Minneapolis, an interactive design and programming agency with 23 employees and revenue estimated at $4 million from clients like Digital River.
Monday's transaction involves a 14percentt stake of the J.P Morgan Partners Global Fund, which has invested in 91 companies, include camping equipment retailer Cabela's, according to an e-mailed statement from Goldman Sachs and the pension plan.
