It's mainly the government-owned banks and oil companies. From Wordnik.com. [Malkiel Sticks To His 'Random Walk'] Reference
It could be a not-for-profit company, or maybe government-owned. From Wordnik.com. [The View From The Top] Reference
Several government-owned websites, including the White House, the FBI and the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [As Web Surfers Share, Marketers Track] Reference
Between 1958 and 1978 government-owned processing plants had six "criticality" accidents. From Wordnik.com. [Can It Happen Here?] Reference
In the awake of the Hamas takeover, they have put their hand on many government-owned properties. From Wordnik.com. [Hani Almadhoun: Ramadan In Gaza: Short on Cash, Not Chicken] Reference
Pemex, the powerful government-owned oil company, denied that its nearby refinery was responsible. From Wordnik.com. [A Disaster In Mexico] Reference
Instead, it has been invested in government securities and bonds sold by government-owned companies. From Wordnik.com. [India Considers Unlocking a Treasure Chest] Reference
After a little more than a year as a government-owned company, General Motors is about to go public again. From Wordnik.com. [14 Worries About GM's IPO] Reference
Statoil, the Norwegian oil monopoly, has long been the model of how a government-owned business can compete. From Wordnik.com. [The Nimble Monopoly] Reference
Digital China isn't government-owned, but it has earned Beijing's trust because of its well-honed connections. From Wordnik.com. [More Than A Middleman] Reference
Spanish wedding: The Spanish wedding couple might look at the parador system, which is the government-owned hotels. From Wordnik.com. [It Came From the Chat: Honeymoons] Reference
Tenants of government-owned properties gladly took up Thatcher's offer to sell them their homes at knockdown prices. From Wordnik.com. [End of the ‘Ownership Society’] Reference
The most common joke is that government-owned television stations don't broadcast in full color, only green and gold. From Wordnik.com. [‘We’ve Missed Opportunities’] Reference
Last week the Icelandic singer was reported ready to live and work rent-free on an uninhabited government-owned island. From Wordnik.com. [An Island For Bjork?] Reference
It also has a contract with the West Australian government-owned Perth Mint through which it sells gold for offshore storage. From Wordnik.com. [A Doomsayer Invests as if the End Is Nigh] Reference
Fannie Mae created the secondary market in mortgages when it was established as a government-owned company during the New Deal. From Wordnik.com. [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's future] Reference
Remittances are cash transfers that allow many Cuban families to buy food and other products in government-owned "dollar-stores.". From Wordnik.com. ['How Can We Say No?'] Reference
Soon after that, a now infamous videotape of Skuratov in bed with two comely young women appeared on a government-owned TV station. From Wordnik.com. [Indicting The Oligarchs] Reference
In Germany, it's the government-owned banks, not private "capitalist" ones like Deutsche Bank, that lost the house betting on toxic assets. From Wordnik.com. [Germany Retreats] Reference
Both businesses are being sold by the 83% government-owned bank as part of a disposal program forced on it after being bailed out by the state. From Wordnik.com. [RBS Plans Asset Sales] Reference
Oil Secretary Sundareshan said Petronet, a private company, will become government-owned if the state-run promoters increase their shareholding. From Wordnik.com. [ADB Seeks to Sell Stake in Petronet LNG] Reference
The lesson: we think of government-owned Amtrak as money-losing socialism, but the money-losing airline industry as a bunch of noble capitalists. From Wordnik.com. [Skies Were Cloudy Before Jet Blew It] Reference
Before the anthrax mailings of 2001, the United States had just two BSL4 labs — both within the razor-wire confines of government-owned campuses. From Wordnik.com. [High-Stakes Science] Reference
Some of these businesses may be government-owned or - controlled, but they are a far cry from the inefficient state-sponsored enterprises of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Rising Gulf] Reference
CORNISH: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac went from government-sponsored to government-owned in late 2008, when they began to buckle with the housing market. From Wordnik.com. [GOP Fails In Bid To End Support For Fannie, Freddie] Reference
Malkiel: You are not exactly weighted properly when you index China, because the heavy steel, the oil and the banks are so substantially government-owned. From Wordnik.com. [Transcript: Burton Malkiel (Part Two)] Reference
In the largest, in the northern suburb of Gulshan-e-Maymar, some 10,000 refugees are sheltering, 10 to a room on average, in unused government-owned apartments. From Wordnik.com. [Crush of Refugees Inflames Karachi] Reference
There would be a strong resistance of a government-owned company competing with private industry even if it was doing something the private industry refuses to do. From Wordnik.com. [The Future Of Fuel-Efficient Cars] Reference
For smaller commercial banks and public sector banks (government-owned banks popular in Europe), the credit-constraining effects of Basel III are a serious problem. From Wordnik.com. [Ellen Brown: Basel III -- Tightening the Noose on Credit] Reference
Leading the charge to make originators repurchase their loans are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-owned finance agencies that guaranteed the mortgages. From Wordnik.com. [Banks Face Fight Over Mortgage-Loan Buybacks] Reference
While this risk is raised as a danger if these government-owned mortgage giants are allowed to hold their mortgages, it really does not pose a problem for the government. From Wordnik.com. [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's future] Reference
The formerly government-owned company was privatized in 1985, but its managers still retain close ties with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the bureaucracy. From Wordnik.com. [Fearing the Obama Effect] Reference
Company officials assert that a mix of local, regional and international progammers -- some private firms, many government-owned broadcasters -- are eager for the service. From Wordnik.com. [Sky-High Dream] Reference
With the stroke of a pen, China's policymaking State Council shuffled assets in a handful of government-owned companies and, voilà, the China National Chemical Corp. was born. From Wordnik.com. [The New State Capitalists] Reference
The third alternative to the hybrid or the government-owned Fannie/Freddie route is simply to let them die over a period of 5-10 years and leave mortgages to the private sector. From Wordnik.com. [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's future] Reference
Records show that an overwhelming majority of government-owned farms are leased to absentee tenants with little or no farming experience -- many of whom are government employees. From Wordnik.com. [Hitler's Dreams Of Racial Purity] Reference
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