In January, an investment group by the name of Yew Tree led by fashion billionaire Lawrence Stroll rescued Aston Martin from its latest financial perils with a $657-million parachute, in the process assuming 16.7 percent ownership of the automaker. Since then, panic over the worsening COVID-19 pandemic has sent stock prices—Aston's included—tumbling, allowing Yew Tree to strategically increase its share of ownership in the company to 25 percent.
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