state-run company

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company
noun
uk
/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/us
/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/
an organization that sells goods or services in order to ...
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(Definition ofcompanyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The formerlystate-runcompanyappears to have benefited from private management, which took over in 2001.
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Pemex spent $100 million to clean up the spill and avoided most compensation claims by asserting sovereign immunity as astate-runcompany.
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Following the privatisation of state-run companies which used to account for around a tenth of our national output, we have greatly enhanced competition in our economy.
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The idea of building generator plants that do not have life-term contracts for the supply of electricity to area boards or state-run companies is not on there.
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The bank pioneered in realization of privatization plan for state-run companies.
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Under his watch, the government began selling its shares in banks and major state-run companies.
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Several heads of state-run companies were also arrested.
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In mid-2008, the government overhauled the salary structure of all state-run companies so that harder-working employees could be rewarded with higher wages.
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It does not apply to state-run companies.
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Krkou began reversing course in the early 1980s, closing down numerous state-run companies and attempting to attract foreign investment.
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