Word: electricit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British Isles. Their advent was signalized by the formation of British & International Utilities, Ltd., a corporation designed to acquire stocks in leading utilities of the British Isles and the British Empire. Control of this company was shared by the Volpi-formed Compagnie Italo Belge pour Enterprises d'Electricité et d'Utilité Publique, commonly known as Cibe, and by Dawnay, Day & Co., Ltd., London merchant bankers. Count Volpi is chairman; Lord Barnby of Lloyds and the Earl of Westmoreland are among the great British names on the directorate...