Under current S.E.C. rules established under the Williams Act of 1968, outside shareholders who obtain stakes of 5 percent or more of a company's stock must publicly disclose their holdings within 10 days.
Unlike Mr. Baker, Mr. Bush has no ownership stake in Carlyle; he is an adviser and an investor and is compensated by obtaining stakes in Carlyle investments.
Russian trade with CIS states increased, and Russia obtained stakes in some companies in Ukraine and elsewhere in a debt-for-equity swap.
China, whose national team have only qualified for a World Cup once – in 2002 – is potentially looking to open doors for Chinese players appearing in first teams of elite European football clubs by obtaining stakes.
But after talks over the past week with Mr. Putin, Mrs. Merkel insisted on better terms if Magna was to obtain a stake in Opel.
Creditors with claims of as much as 10 billion Canadian dollars will obtain a stake of about 56percentt in Air Canada, the airline said.
Under such a deal, the Russians would supply the gas and obtain a stake in the Ukraine transit and distribution network, Ukraine would get subsidized gas, and the Europeans would get a secure supply in exchange for helping to finance and expand the network.
As if those developments weren't enough, yesterday Gazprom offered the highest bid to obtain a stake in the massive Leviathan gas field off Israel's coast.
According to the Russian press, Gazprom wants to obtain a stake of about 75% in Russia Petroleum, the TNK-BP subsidiary that operates the Kovykta license.
Hearst was thinking locally earlier this year when it made a private placement investment in Local.com, and had paid $6 million for its stake, obtaining a 22percentt stake in the company.
It obtained its stake in Abitibi six months ago when Abitibi bought Donohue Inc., Canada's most efficient paper company, for $4.6 billion.
