publicly-held

I submit that once they became publicly-held firms their boards should have redesigned the system.

Breaking bad contracts 2009

The Bush administration had refused to consider or accept the ABA evaluations, saying the organization had given lower ratings for some conservative nominees, and that the ABA had publicly-held liberal positions on social and political matters.

Sotomayor rated 2009

In part, it is the media model itself -- the publicly-held, profit-only structure that drives the entity's relentless thirst for more and more market-share at any cost.

Maria Armoudian: The True Scandals of Murdoch's News Corps Are Much Worse Than Phone-Hacking Maria Armoudian 2011

Private companies can't do that and the government can't do that with its publicly-held bonds, because these liabilities are contractually determined.

From Musgrave to Shaviro, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

In part, it is the media model itself -- the publicly-held, profit-only structure that drives the entity's relentless thirst for more and more market-share at any cost.

Maria Armoudian: The True Scandals of Murdoch's News Corps Are Much Worse Than Phone-Hacking Maria Armoudian 2011

All three of these companies are also publicly-held, which means that much of the financial costs of these failures will be passed on to their shareholders, many of whom are already watching their stock prices plummet.

Robert Reich: The Rebirth of Regulation 2010

But publicly-held corporations are not people, they are machines.

Obama Administration Misunderstands Capitalism 2010

The wealthy and powerful, having insisted that countries cut their taxes and run up debt, now insist that the middle class and poor must work harder, have their pensions reduced, sell off (to them) their publicly-held resources, and take other "austerity" steps to pay off the debt that these lazy, parasitic peasants dared to run up.

Dave Johnson: The Real Deficit Is Jobs! 2010

LIASSON: A remarkable moment, Hoyer said, when $9 trillion of publicly-held debt troubles Americans as much as another terrorist attack.

Democrats Find Deficit Spending A Tough Sell 2010

The wealthy and powerful, having insisted that countries cut their taxes and run up debt, now insist that the middle class and poor must work harder, have their pensions reduced, sell off (to them) their publicly-held resources, and take other "austerity" steps to pay off the debt that these lazy, parasitic peasants dared to run up.

Dave Johnson: The Real Deficit Is Jobs! 2010