the stake
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The Financial Times reported there was a bidding war for the stake in Everllence, with Bain Capital seeing off rival private equity groups including CVC and EQT.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
By then, LVMH, French market regulators and Hermès all had serious doubts that Puech still controlled the stake he and Freymond insisted remained intact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The report conceded that the exact size of the stake was unclear.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
The investor says the tech company is underpriced, and he will disclose the stake in regulatory filings later Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
A little before 4:00 p.m., in a driving rain, Tom Bolles’s freshmen paddled upriver to the stake boats and took their starting position, with Columbia on one side and California on the other.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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