1 The firm paid over $10 million for a controlling interest in five hotels.

2 In 1986 GM acquired a controlling interest in the sports car maker Lotus.

3 Disney will retain a 51 percent controlling interest in the venture.

4 Minebea ended up selling its controlling interest in both firms.

5 Not a controlling interest, then, but a powerful one.

6 Or they could have sold that controlling interest to some one else - heaven help us!

7 Controlling aggregate demand through controlling interest rates is made even more difficult as a result of fluctuations in the demand for money.

8 Carl Zeiss has a 51 percent controlling interest in the new company.

9 The government sold its controlling interest in the national phone company.

10 He have a controlling interest in the company.

11 Our company must have a controlling interest in such joint venture.

12 He has set his sights on acquiring the controlling interest in the company.

13 Bit by bit Bob had nudged Fritz into selling his controlling interest.

14 Late in 1886, the Charles Harrahs, father and son,[] bought a controlling interest.

15 Host Marriott Corp. said it will pay $ 112. 5 million to acquire controlling interest in five hotels.

16 All of these are projects in which the government holds a controlling interest and in which it has a strong commercial partner.

17 Although the government has made some shares in National Oil Products available, it intends to maintain its controlling interest.

18 That will be harder to bear if there is little hope of a controlling interest in the near future.

19 This in turn will further aid the process of controlling interest rates.

20 Mr Morgado said that the group would seek a controlling interest in companies and that it would play an operating role.

21 Questions should be raised only if a fund sought a controlling interest in a strategic company.