[Gllug] SpaceShipOne launch

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On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Chris Bell stated:
>    There can be a situation in which no single person owns anything like a
> majority of any company, but the same small group of friends and associates
> have a controlling stake in many companies.

In Japan, this was the common case until recently, and is still
extremely common, although the informal corporate groups are mostly
falling apart.

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