But when Cuban was revealed to have bought a principal ownership stake about a year later, there were understandably a few more ripples.
Although the court will be hearing three consolidated cases, the principal issue at stake before the court is whether the secretary of state has the authority to reject manual recounts submitted after the usual seven-day period for certifying election results.
While a couple dozen companies offer target date funds, the market is dominated by Fidelity, Vanguard and T. Rowe Price, which collectively had a 76% market share as of the end of 2011, according to Financial Research Corp. Two other companies have much smaller but noteworthy stakes: Principal, with 5% of the market, and Wells Fargo, with 3%.
The family owns a 72% stake in Principal Capital (formerly Metrostar Property), which son Satit runs.
Its principal Russian assets are a stake in the oil company Sidanco.
But with his principal domestic policy initiative at stake -- Mr. Brown has already said he would be the 41st and crucial vote against the health care bill -- the president decided to risk embarrassment and hit the stump.
Rusal also plans to float an initial public offering of 10percentt of shares in Hong Kong and Paris that would, if successful, further diminish the stake of the principal owner, Oleg V. Deripaska, who currently owns 53percentt of the company.
The goal is to improve the quality of life for children with disabilities, and at stake is the principal of equity (UNICEF 2013).
That, and it didn't want Google, the other principal bidder for the Facebook stake, to gain yet another high profile advertising gig.
