Sentence examples for shipping telecommunications from inspiring English sources

In his first administration in the 1970s, Mintoff took the airlines, shipping, telecommunications and the bulk of banking into state hands.

For shareholders of Mr. Li's two public companies, Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa, a shipping and telecommunications conglomerate, investing with the tycoon known here as Superman means never questioning his judgment.

The Frankfurt Book Fair was once the principal venue for buying and selling the rights to publish books in other countries and languages -- until international travel, overnight shipping and telecommunications eliminated much of the need for its original function.

[C6.] Deal by Day and Party by Night The Frankfurt Book Fair was once the principle venue for buying and selling the rights to publish books in other countries and languages -- until international travel, overnight shipping and telecommunications alleviated much of the need for its original function.

Typically holding them back for some two decades was the issue of security, and the extent to which the government would have access to businesses like shipping and telecommunications at a time of war.

In 1956 it set out to develop these assets, establishing subsidiaries in oil and gas, minerals, fertilizers, food products, forest products, real estate, hotels, finance, trucking, telecommunications, shipping lines, and airlines.

A key hurdle for reformers will be potential resistance within the ruling Communist party to changes that might hurt revenues for politically favoured state companies that dominate industries including banking, telecommunications, shipping and energy.

Ms. Kroes's experience on the boards of telecommunications, shipping, military, technology and logistics companies has been praised by José Manuel Durão Barroso, the commission's president-designate, as an asset for the post, which in the past has been dominated by academics and politicians.