Sentence examples for consortium controlled by from inspiring English sources

In October a consortium controlled by the guard bought 51% of Iran's telecoms monopoly.

Verizon, an American telecoms firm, had been planning to sell its 28.5% stake in CANTV to a consortium controlled by a Mexican businessman, Carlos Slim.

Citigroup reached deals in November to sell EMI's recorded music division to the Universal Music Group and its music publishing assets to a consortium controlled by Sony.

Water China's sovereign wealth fund owns 9% of the UK's largest water company,Thames Water, while a Hong Kong-based investment consortium controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing owns more than a quarter of Northumbrian Water.

The collapse of the auction in Switzerland -- the first to occur before bidding even started -- followed a debacle in Italy last month when one of six bidders, Blu S.p.A., a consortium controlled by Autostrade S.p.A. of Italy and British Telecommunications, dropped out after only two rounds.

In 2003, BP announced a $6.75bn£4.2bnbn) deal to acquire a 50% holding in Tyumen Oil – TNK – which was backed by Alfa Access Renova (AAR), a consortium controlled by four of the country's richest businessmen, Mikhail Fridman, German Khan, Leonard Blavatnik and Viktor Vekselberg.

The TNK-BP project is a joint venture between the British oil leviathan and the Russian consortium Alfa Group, controlled by billionaire oligarch Michael Fridman.

ENW is owned by a consortium of funds controlled by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and IIF International, part of JP Morgan Infrastructure Investments Fund.

TNK-BP is a joint venture between the British oil company and the Russian consortium the Alfa Group, controlled by billionaire Michael Fridman.

Datek is privately owned and is controlled by a consortium led by Bain Capital Inc., which bought it a year and a half ago for about $700 million.

C1 Cendant Said to Be Near Deal Cendant, which owns Avis car rental and the Days Inn hotel chain, is close to a deal to buy Orbitz, the online travel service controlled by a consortium of airlines, for about $1.1 billion, executives close to the talks said.