The new rules, which have been years in the making, in the face of strong opposition from some states and businesses, mark the first nationwide limits on CO2 from fossil fuel power generation in the US.
And in the pharmaceutical industry, plans by Hoechst A.G. and Rhone-Poulenc S.A. of France to merge their drug and agricultural chemicals businesses mark a union between two companies with an abundance of problems.
Within Citi Holdings, which contains the bulk of the most troubled mortgage and credit card assets, and businesses marked for sale, assets fell by $27 billion in the first quarter to $503 billion.
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs give up their status as investment banks and become traditional commercial banks that accept deposits from ordinary people and businesses, marking a dramatic change in the make-up of Wall Street.
The parish of Ditton contains a number of agricultural, small commercial and industrial businesses, marking a historical shift from a farming-based community to a modern, mixed economy.
He concludes: I'd be right behind a social business mark which was awarded to businesses which have clear social aims, and which provide externally verified evidence of their impacts.
The very existence of this business marks an enormous departure from traditional ideas about nationality, allegiance, and belonging.
Ms. Winfrey's move from broadcast to cable is a transformative moment for the television business, marking the first time a talk-show host has taken over an entire channel.
BT will pay $965m for Infonet, an American data-communications business, marking a return to the United States after Concert, the British firm's disastrous joint-venture with AT&T, collapsed in 2001.In a victory for internet-phone services, America's Federal Communications Commission ruled that they should be regulated federally rather than at state level.
Most of all, though, the very idea that he would influence the world from the drawing room of his grand house near Hyde Park -- as if the British Empire were still in business -- marks Lord Black, an admirer of "great men" such as Napoleon and FDR, as charmingly out of touch in an era of multinational media conglomerates and satellite television oligopolies.
He worked at HarperCollins for 16 years, through a time of tumult in the book business marked by consolidation, the increasing movement of authors and editors among houses and an attendant increase in competition among editors jockeying to promote their books within each house.
