stake
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RWE said it will instead invest $900 million to acquire an indirect 16% stake in a liquefied natural gas terminal in Louisiana and $300 million to support the development of natural gas turbines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
This shows how the company plans to use the strong cash it is generating and suggests that a reported move to buy the remaining minority stake in T-Mobile US is less likely, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In 2025, SoftBank bought a 2% stake for $2 billion while the chip maker was in trouble and its shares were languishing at $23.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Lavoie is far from being the only one who has seen the value of his stake in SpaceX rocket over the years.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
There is a second issue at stake here.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Kevin Warsh has staked his chairmanship on the premise that a quieter Federal Reserve gets a cleaner read on what investors think.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Later that afternoon, about four miles away outside of Home Depot in Pasadena, organizers staked in the ground dozens of white crosses that bore photos of the dead — the majority of them men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Krishna has staked a lot of IBM’s future on the belief that quantum will unlock the same kind of growth potential that was seen with GPU chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
My ears perked up for a moment, believing that this would be the kind of radical, self-referential commentary that Gunn staked his DCU on.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
We staked out a wallow deep in the woods, and then a clearing of ferns, but saw no signs of pig.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
On the same weekend that Ben Stokes announced his retirement from international cricket, a former Premier League winner was staking his claim as an all-rounder.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Social media company Snap showcased a pair of its $2,195 augmented reality glasses Tuesday, staking a claim in a race to reshape how people interact with computers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
In our dire age, a little bit of levity can often feel like a wager, staking your bets on an audience’s bandwidth for fun.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
On Monday, before the start of Taiwan's Computex expo, Nvidia unveiled a powerful laptop chip for Windows machines, staking its claim in the market for next-generation PCs integrated with AI tech.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
So I don’t think we’ll be staking out any more mailboxes.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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