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Publicly owned

Public company, a company which is permitted to offer its securities (stock, bonds, etc.) for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange


James William Gilbart

His work and frequently updated books such as his Practical Treatise on Banking (1827) were eventually widely adopted to improve the British banking systems and laid the foundations of the modern publicly owned retail bank and Building Society movement.


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Commu-militarism

Commu-militarism is an economic and political philosophy involving the creation or the act of maintaining a communist, one-party government with a publicly-owned industry focusing on the states' military and the use of it in an imperialistic manner.

Court of Marine Inquiry

Incidents involving Sydney Ferries vessels are examined by the Office of Transport Safety Investigations, which is also responsible for investigations into incidents involving publicly owned rail and bus transport.

Fanny Fischer

Fischer served as the main pundit for publicly owned television channel Das Erste during their coverage of the canoeing events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Investors Group Field

David Asper's original proposal involved both federal and provincial government financial contributions ($40 Million each), as well as a transfer of assets (the publicly owned Blue Bomber franchise itself will be transferred into Asper's control, and the existing undeveloped commercial real estate surrounding the stadium).

John Francis Hylan

As mayor, Hylan railed against "the interests" and put in motion the building of a publicly owned and operated subway system, which became the IND division of the New York City Subway.

Masiphumelele High School

Masiphumelele High School is a publicly owned secondary school (grades 8-12) in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, in the Western Cape region of South Africa.

Orlyval

Initially it was run privately by Matra, but because construction and operating costs were too high to generate profits it passed to the publicly owned RATP.

Óscar Gómez Barbero

Previously Gómez Barbero was a partner at PwC-IBM and a general manager of the Basque publicly owned railway corporation Eusko Trenbideak – Ferrocarriles Vascos.

Roger Douglas

It replaced the monopoly New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation with two competing publicly owned television channels, Television One, and Television Two (later called South Pacific Television) a corporation to manage public radio, Radio New Zealand, and a new Broadcasting Council.

Sarah Kuttner

She also co-hosted (with Jörg Pilawa) the show "Germany 12 Points", the German pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest on publicly owned channel ARD on 19 March 2004.

Southern Power

Southern Power District: a publicly owned electric utility in south-central Nebraska

Timeline of Edmonton history

1994 – Telus, the city's publicly owned telephone company is privatized after 91 years of service.

World Basketball League

One of the league's founders, Michael Monus, was eventually convicted of having embezzled $10 million to finance the league, from a publicly owned company he had founded, Phar-Mor.