Sentence examples for companies steer from inspiring English sources

Most companies steer away from politics, but Jim Owens, left, the company's soon-to-retire chief executive, has held forth on climate change and other controversial issues.

The last year has seen Rudd, who acts for more than a quarter of FTSE 100 companies, steer the London Stock Exchange's largest ever public offering, the £6bn sale of shares in commodities trader Glencore.

The entire pharmacy benefit management industry has come under fire in recent years amid complaints that the companies steer patients toward certain higher-priced medications in return for rebates from drug manufacturers.

I think a company like Nike is trying to build good will with the public by saying, 'We're against this.' " Chown said he had seen many companies steer clear of baseball players because of that sport's problem with performance-enhancing drugs.

In a review of the stimulus package completed this week, China's National Audit Office said banks needed to do better due diligence and make sure companies steer money toward projects that boost domestic demand, rather than to bank deposits to earn interest.

Drug companies steer their research toward developing patentable products.

But the whole problem with this huge food industry is that it's not policed or regulated, and when multinational food companies steered the food industry away from local produce, it forced us into buying processed crap.

Like other multinationals, G.E. acquiesced a few years ago to the Chinese government's demand that it build a large wind turbine factory in China -- only to then watch its market share plummet as China's state-owned power companies steered contracts to homegrown wind turbine manufacturers.

The holiday purchases of the new iPhone helped the company steer clear of the consumer spending slump that has hurt rival technology companies.

The inquiry builds on state inquiries into whether the company steered clients to insurers that paid hidden placement fees.

The company steered clear of the folly in Iraq, despite the administration's appeals to help that nation's oil industry get back on its feet, until the smoke had well cleared, and Exxon Mobil employees would be safe there.