1. Jack, however, secretly organized a syndicate that purchased control  of the company. 2. In 1907, Galveston's Kempner family purchased control  of what is now Imperial Holly. 3. In this case, the funds were used to purchase control  of the Northern Pacific. 4. Earlier this year, it purchased control  of Anaya, an educational publishing company in Spain. 5. Last month, BCN purchased control  of Banco Credireal from the Minas Gerais state government. 6. In 1955, he purchased control  of International Bank of Washington. 7. Generali purchased control  of the Israeli insurance company Migdal for more than dlrs 200 million. 8. The firm then purchased control  of Hanomag in 1974. 9. In 1969 EDO also purchased control  of Electronic Equipment Engineering, Inc . of Dallas, Texas. 10. Investors expect PSA Peugeot Citroen to purchase control  of Sevel within the next week, said Corsiglia.