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Partisanship and polarization have raised the stakes as well.

CVS struck a truce with Glenview Capital that includes giving the hedge fund four board seats; and Elliott Investment Management took a 5 percent stake in Tokyo Gas, the Japanese utility company.

Those controversial nominations will decide more than the future of the Justice Department, the Defense Department, the intelligence community and the vast Department of Health and Human Services — although those stakes are high enough.

"However, it’s an overdue symbolic decision to raise the stakes and demonstrate military support to Ukraine."

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund owns a majority stake in Newcastle, as the country continues to invest millions into sport.