Consequently, we expect a negative relationship between the degree of concentration of firm ownership proxied by the ownership stake in the hands of the three largest shareholders (BIGGER3)—and the dependent variable.
Considering how both Facebook and Google's lobbying spend has steadily grown from last year, it's clear that both companies have a lot at stake in the hands of regulators, whether that be patent reform, privacy regulation, online safety or even antitrust issues.
"We welcome the written apology from Mr Coleridge and his assurance that he will not repeat the libel that Saddam Hussein profited from a financial stake in Elle," Mr Hand said.
It is thought Citigroup would prefer a debt-for-equity swap that would see it take a stake in EMI, but Hands has balked at the idea as it could give Citigroup a say in EMI's operations.
Security experts claimed that Microsoft knew of the "critical" flaw months ago; the software giant released the latest in a long series of patches to rectify the fault.Nokia said that it would buy Psion's 31% stake in Symbian, a hand-held software consortium of top mobile-phone makers, and so raise its own holding to 63%.
Markets like these are most accurate when the players have a stake in the question at hand and the result is determined by a large number of people.
Todd has vowed to cut down on the Beltway bloviators and said he won't book politicians unless they actually have a stake in the issue at hand.
Hongbo's formal experiments with paper are often mesmerizing, as in the malleable busts of Statues in Motion, but Irons for the Ages, Flowers for the Day plants a seed of tragic remembrance and contemplation for those with a stake in the issue at hand.
The final opinion was narrowly focused on the family leave provisions of the law because those were the provisions at stake in the case at hand, but prior to last week's case, it seemed reasonable to apply the court's conclusions in the 2003 case to the FMLA as a whole.
With plan in hand, use stakes and string (or hose ) to mark the perimeter of the rain garden.
