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Sinclair bought up the stake to add pressure on Scripps to strike a deal.

Criminal gangs are buying up haulage firms to pose as truckers and steal goods by the lorryload, the BBC has learned.

The group also launched a petition to urge the state Legislature to create greater protections against corporations coming in and buying up properties in the disaster zone.

Protesters at the rally on Thursday accused China of orchestrating the disappearance of a Kazakh citizen and of buying up Kazakh land.

It also operates funds dedicated to co-investing alongside other managers in those strategies and to buying up private-equity stakes in the secondary market.