This company was owned by Patrick Laurent until March 2004 when it was sold to a joint venture led by Advent Mexico.

Ford will also invest about $70 million in an existing venture, led by Daimler-Benz, to develop fuel-cell engines.

In 1999 New England Development sold the mall to a joint venture led by Simon Property Group, which also assumed management of the center.

The venture, led by the film producer Gene Kirkwood, also represents a distinctive take on what both the music-video and the concert can be.

As it turned out, the highest bidder for all four parcels was Heritage Fields, a joint venture led by Lennar, which paid the Navy $650 million.

Mills has since transferred control over that project to a joint venture led by Colony Capital, a private investment firm based in Los Angeles.

And it is a breakthrough for Tengizchevroil, a joint venture led by Chevron that is developing the giant Tengiz field.

In April 1963, the joint venture led by Curtis & Davis produced a low structure with glass panels held in place by aluminum frames.

A venture of National Semiconductor and Defense Software, led by a former I.B.M. executive, will be based in Israel.

Under the terms of the still-unsigned deal, the venture led by Vornado would invest $35 million.