SanPaolo IMI, an Italian bank, bought a 62% stake (but with only 33% of the voting rights) in Banka Koper last year.
All across the globe, corporations are making their mark, not only with visible stakes (such as a new Golden Arches, which goes up somewhere in the world roughly every day), but also through more unlikely investments aimed at improving the planet's education, health and environmental problems.
But much is at stake: even with only seconds of warning, people can move to safer locations, critical infrastructure can be shut down or delicate medical procedures can be ceased.
Fittingly for a show that features Lowe, Parks And Rec was pitched, Poehler says, as "a comedy West Wing, only with really low stakes".
"By buying the additional shares, Mr. Icahn has cemented himself as Dell's biggest outside investor with an 8.9 percent stake, surpassed only by the company's eponymous founder and his 15.7 percent stake," Mr. de la Merced writes.
By buying the additional shares, Mr. Icahn has cemented himself as Dell's biggest outside investor with an 8.9 percent stake, surpassed only by the company's eponymous founder and his 15.7 percent stake.
However, his stake is only 1.6% of WPP, which is tiny compared with a typical owner-manager.
With stakes of only 5-10%, none of the foreign investors will be able to exercise any control when it matters.
Neil Campbell of Tullett Prebon, an interdealer broker, says that investors today can expect around 95 cents on the dollar for many of their stakes, compared with only 60 cents in 2009.
Use staked matches only if your opponent will actually stake something.
