Sentence examples for was divested from from inspiring English sources

Following the demerger of Thorn and EMI in 1996, the retail arm was divested from the EMI portfolio within a year and spun off into the HMV Media Group, an investment venture between EMI Group and Advent International private equity group.

The media-shy Mr. Li denied in September, when he dropped by a media lunch "by surprise," that he was divesting from Hong Kong, China Daily reported.

A month later, Stanford University announced it was divesting from the coal industry.

One of the innovations of the E.U.-3 was its recognition that the nuclear issue cannot be divested from the security context.

William O'Brien, general counsel at the BRUT electronic communications network, thinks the S.E.C. should not approve the plan until Nasdaq is divested from its regulatory parent, the National Association of Securities Dealers.

As of May 2016 the global campaign had resulted in more than $3tn£2.25tntn) having been divested from the fossil fuel industry by hundreds of institutions around the world.

The environmental organization also estimates that as many as 122 companies could be divested from in total.

For example, the fact that Harvard University is divested from tobacco makes it more difficult, not less difficult, to sell cigarettes on its campus.

Earlier in the year, Stanford University announced it would be divesting from coal and looking at the possibility of full divestment.

The Rockefeller Foundation is divesting from coal and tar sands.

An Exxon spokesman told CNBC: "It's not surprising that they're divesting from the company since they're already funding a conspiracy against us".