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

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.

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.

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

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

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

This time, he did not hesitate, buying a 34 percent stake and management control for $2 billion.

"Washington will pay to buy a 20 percent stake in the Palestinian uprising."