From Times Wire Services, July 6, 2007 From the Los Angeles Times, IN BRIEF / AEROSPACE, Copyright 2006 Los Angeles Times Dubai International Capital, an investment company owned by United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Sheik Mohammed ibn Rashid al Maktum, became one of the biggest shareholders in European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co., taking a 3.12% stake in the company. EADS said it welcomed the investment and saw Dubai International Capital as a "usual institutional investor." Dubai is already one of the biggest buyers of Airbus planes.