Sentence examples for industry combinations from inspiring English sources

The deal, one of the largest defense industry combinations since the industry consolidated in the 1990s, would stiffen Northrop's position in satellite communications and missile systems and make it one of the top global defense contractors.

"As the economy recovers, we will see more proposed media industry combinations," explains FCC Commissioner Michael Copps.

In the auto industry, combination vehicles like these are called "crossovers," and they are red-hot.

The corporate chiefs of Sony Music Entertainment and Bertelsmann's BMG had scrambled to strike a deal and present it to regulators before any rivals, fearing that authorities might be willing to approve only one industry combination.

A total of 1,297 job-industry combinations were evaluated in this way.

For the music industry, the combination of America Online and Time Warner has struck a chord.

Even more worryingly for the industry, the combination of the internet and file-swapping software means that computer users can amass vast libraries of music for nothing.

The author points to systemic failures in the nuclear industry, a combination of the use of casual labour and a management culture that encouraged unquestioning loyalty over robust risk-assessment.

Since it's an ill wind that doesn't benefit someone, last year's annus horribilis for the Mexican tourism industry (a combination of swine flu, the global recession and drug-related violence) has led to some extremely good deals for this year's visitor.

We exclude the industry-year combinations with less than 20 observations.

Particularly in the automotive industry, the combination of dissimilar materials presents manufacturing engineering with major challenges.