It bought a stake of 1.7 percent in the bank last week.

The plan was first to buy a stake in a business, then purchase a house and start a family.

It must also buy a 10 percent stake in the parent company on the open market.

They have agreed to buy stakes that amount to less than 50 percent of the total needed.

Next you'll tell me to buy a stake if I want to change the way things are.

An individual can buy a stake for $1 million, according to offering documents.

"We'd like it to buy maybe a 25 percent stake."

"Of course, it has the right to buy such a stake," he said.

The private investor bought a stake in the company but did not take an active management at the time.

The French government agreed to buy a stake in the industrial giant.