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4 unusual facts about @stake


@stake

In addition to Dan Geer and Mudge, @stake employed many famous security experts including Dildog, David Litchfield, Mark Kriegsman, Mike Schiffman, and Chris Wysopal.

Its initial core team of technologists included Dan Geer (Chief Technical Officer) and the east coast security team from Cambridge Technology Partners (including Dave Goldsmith).

George Mpanga

Mpanga is a winner of The Stake competition, which asks entrants to say how they would spend £100,000.

Stake: Fortune Fighters

Stake: Fortune Fighters was developed by Gameness Art Software and published by Metro3D, Inc. Stake is the first game created by Gameness Art, which was founded by the game's producer Owen Wu in Taipei, Taiwan in August 2000.


1999–2000 Dallas Mavericks season

On January 15, 2000, Mark Cuban purchased a majority stake in the NBA Dallas Mavericks basketball team for $285 million from H. Ross Perot, Jr..

Aleinu

In Blois, France, in 1171, many Jews—reportedly 34 men and 17 women—were burned at the stake for refusing to renounce their faith.

Aliko Dangote

On 23 May 2010, Britain's Daily Mirror reported that Dangote was interested in buying a 16 percent stake in Premiership side Arsenal belonging to Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith.

Amber Radio

Due to GWR exceeding the ownership limit of stations, the Classic Gold stations were sold to UBC Media, although GWR kept hold of a 20 per cent stake.

American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines

Also in 1964, Isbrandtsen, who became a majority stake holder in Ward Industries in 1960, restructured it and formed American Export Industries, Inc.

Bocher

Joan Bocher (died 1550), English Anabaptist burned at the stake for heresy

Browse LNG

In December 2012, PetroChina agreed to buy BHP Billiton's 8.3% stake in the East Browse and 20% holding in the West Browse joint venture for US$1.63 billion.

Bulmer family

Both Bulmer and Lady Bulmer were convicted of High Treason and were executed on 25 May 1537, he by hanging at Tyburn and she by burning at the stake at Smithfield, London.

Burns Philp

Following the sale of its yeast and spices business to UK firm Associated British Foods, Uncle Toby's to Nestle for NZ$1.1bn, Bluebird Foods to PepsiCo for NZ$245m, and its NZ$676m 20% stake in Goodman Fielder the company became largely a cashed up shell.

Courtyard Shopping Centre

Letterkenny's oldest Eason's bookstore and Heatons, the department store in which billionaire retail entrepreneur and Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has a 50% stake, are among the outlets to be found inside.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

In 2006, Fisk University agreed to sell a 50% stake in a 101 piece Stieglitz collection to Crystal Bridges for $30 million.

Dan Topping

MacPhail sold his share of the team to Topping and Webb in 1947, and the two sold controlling interest in the team to CBS in 1964, after which Topping remained as team president until 1966, when he sold his remaining stake in the Yankees.

Derek Cook

In addition to the formation of DC Cook Direct, Derek Cook had also formed Motor Solutions in 2002, an online discount dealer of new and used cars, which was later sold to Virgin Group (with Virgin taking a 53% stake, and keeping Cook on as the chief executive), and renamed as Virgin Cars, before its closure in January 2006, seven months after Cook's death.

Dubai Mercantile Exchange

In the first half of 2007, Oman Investment Fund (OIF) acquired a stake in the DME, which was launched on 1st June of that year.

Economy of Equatorial Guinea

Parastatal Getesa, a joint venture with a minority ownership stake held by a French subsidiary of Orange, provides telephone service in the major cities.

Edwin Soeryadjaya

He also has a stake in cell tower company Tower Bersama Infrastructure and bought Mandala Airlines in 2011 with his partner Sandiaga Uno.

Herb Abramson

He left Atlantic Records in December 1958, selling his stake in the company to now ex-wife Miriam Bienstock (who married music publisher Freddy Bienstock) and Nesuhi Ertegün.

I-Shine Talent Camp TV

Aside from the title, the prizes at stake includes Php 500,000 and a contract with Star Magic.

Jaipal Reddy

Further, the oil ministry did not approve company's US$7.2 billion stake in deal with BP.

Jason Lo

In December 2007, Lo was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Tune Talk, a no-frills mobile virtual network operator, owned by Tune Ventures Sdn Bhd, in which AirAsia Group Chief Executive Tony Fernandes holds a 40% stake.

Jim Nwobodo

In June 2009 the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) restored the license of the Savannah Bank, in which Jim Nwobodo holds a major stake, in compliance with a February 2009 Appeal Court ruling in Abuja.

Jujamcyn Theaters

Landesman closed the deal in February 2005 for $30M, but then tried to sell a 50% stake in the group for $50M to enable an investment in the Cincinnati Reds baseball team - his group lost out to Robert Castellini.

Kalukundi Mine

In September 2007 from DRC justice minister Georges Minsay Booka directed Gécamines to take note that Akam Mining had no stake in the property.

Kneissl

In February 1989, BREG Gesellschaft für Bau und Revitalisierung, belonging to Hans Peter Haselsteiner and Erhard Grossnigg and Reinfried Spazier, took a majority stake.

La fiamma

The plot is loosely based on the story of Anne Pedersdotter, a Norwegian woman who was accused of witchcraft and burnt at the stake in 1590.

MyCargo Airlines

In February 2008, a 21 percent equity stake was acquired by Manara Investments Ltd.

OTE

In 2007 Marfin Investment Group acquired 20% of the company, and in March 2008 sold it to Germany's Deutsche Telekom which later increased its stake to 25% plus one vote, matching that of the state.

Pilot Corporation

In 2008, Pilot president James (Jimmy) Haslam III, son of founder James (Jim) Haslam II, purchased a 16% stake in the Pittsburgh Steelers as part of the team's ownership restructuring due to some heirs of the Rooney family retaining stakes in gambling enterprises such as horse tracks and race horse breeding stables, violating NFL rules.

Rakuten.com Shopping

Founder Scott Blum sold his stake to SoftBank in 1999 for $195 million just before the company first filed to go public.

Real Oviedo

On 17 November 2012 Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world, invested $2.5 million in the club, therefore gaining a controlling stake.

Retail Ventures

Schottenstein Stores Corp. of Columbus, which held controlling interest of Retail Ventures, also held a stake in the 221-store DSW chain.

Roberto Rocca

A further joint venture was entered into with Tamsa, in Mexico, and a controlling stake was purchased in Sidor (the leading steelmaker in Venezuela) in 1998, Confab (Brazil), in 1999, and in NKK (Japan), in 2000, making it the first Japanese steel company in foreign majority ownership.

Sarah Basset

When the remains of the stake was cleared, legend say that a purple flower (the "Bermudiana", a New World iris of the genus Sisyrinchium) was found in her ashes; before her death Sarah had declared that there would be a sign that she was guiltless and today the flower blooms about Bermuda.

Scripps Networks Interactive

On August 15, 2011, Virgin Media agreed to sell its 50% stake in UKTV to Scripps Networks Interactive in a deal worth £339m.

Second Chance Program

The majority of the remaining $300,000 required to fund the program was donated by Randall Suggs, a Scientologist who owned a stake in the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team.

Sorginak

Durango was the center of a medieval Beguine heresy that ended with 13 people burnt at the stake.

Standardbred

Some of the major pacing races in North America include the Woodrow Wilson and Metro Stake for two-year-olds, and the Little Brown Jug, Meadowlands Pace, North America Cup and the Adios Pace for three-year-olds.

Star Track Express

Qantas sold their stake in StarTrack to Australia Post on 2 October 2012, with Qantas buying Australia Post's stake in Australian Air Express.

Taj Television Ltd.

TTL was established in January 2001, and is owned by Zee Telefilms, who acquired a 95% stake from Bukhatir Investments in 2010 for 114 million USD.

The Origins of Monstrosity

Sister Jude (Jessica Lange) finally gets evidence of Dr. Arden's (James Cromwell) horrific past, but puts someone's life and her career at stake as Arden, Monsignor Howard (Joseph Fiennes), and Sister Mary Eunice (Lily Rabe) indirectly form an evil union.

Thomas B. Marsh

The town had been founded by the presidency of the Missouri Stake, consisting of David Whitmer, William Wines Phelps and John Whitmer.

Tom Athans

On June 8, 2005, Democracy Radio sold its stake in The Ed Schultz Show to a new company headed by veteran radio executive Randy Michaels, the former CEO of Clear Channel Radio.

Trust Oldham

After an American consortium made up of Simon Blitz, Danny Gazal and Simon Corney from New York took over the reins at Boundary Park, Trust Oldham agreed to buy a 3% stake in the club for £200,000.

Turquoise Hill Resources

Rio Tinto has expressed interest in raising its stake in the company from 35% to 46.6%, eventually leading to a takeover however Ivanhoe Mines is not interested in selling out.

TV Avala

In mid October 2012, after two months of negotiations, Saša Popović, the owner of Grand Production, and Željko Mitrović agreed to purchase the controlling stake in TV Avala.

Village Voice Media

Until 2012, Goldman Sachs owned 16% of Village Voice Media, but sold its shares soon after Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times publicized the fact and began asking them questions about its stake.

Vincent Bolloré

In late 2004, his investment group started building a stake in advertising group Havas, becoming its largest single shareholder.

Wings Alliance

As part of their partnership, Northwest had taken a stake in Continental, raising the hackles of antitrust regulators in the United States Department of Justice.


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