That was so despite such things as the overthrow of Guatemala's elected non-Communist Jacobo Arbenz, for instance, on behalf of the United Fruit Company with whom senior US officials had an important business relationship.

The painting is currently being kept at the Potomack Company auction-house until Baltimore museum officials and the FBI determine the owners of the painting.

* December 22 – An Indian youth ( called one of " the first fruits of India ") is baptized with the name " Peter " in London at the St. Dionis Backchurch, in a ceremony attended by the Lord Mayor, the Privy Council, city aldermen, and officials of the Honourable East India Company.

Although officials of Indian and Northern Affairs were certainly aware of the intention of the Naskapis to move from Fort Chimo to Schefferville and may even have instigated that move, they appear to have done little or nothing to prepare for their arrival there, not even by warning the representatives of the Iron Ore Company of Canada (" IOCC ") or the municipality of Schefferville.

Today Westmont Borough, even though considerably larger than that envisioned by the Cambria Iron Company officials, still retains many of the characteristics which attracted residents here in the first place.

In 1910 or 1911, while the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Company was making plans to lay a track through the community, company officials asked residents to rename their town Menard to facilitate the painting of signs.

The name Delbarton comes from the New Jersey country estate of one of the officials of the United Thacker Land Company on which a school is located with the same name, Delbarton School.

The Council of Assiniboia, the administrative and judicial body of the Red River Colony mainly run by Hudson's Bay Company officials, met at Upper Fort Garry.

Company officials blamed Smith for the failure to decisively defeat Hyder Ali, and recalled him to Madras.

His father and grandfather were both upholsterers and both became officials of the City Company of Upholsterers.

He achieved prominence in 1772 by demanding an investigation of the East India Company alleging widespread corruption by its officials.

The United Fruit Company was frequently accused of bribing government officials in exchange for preferential treatment, exploiting its workers, paying little by way of taxes to the governments of the countries in which it operated, and working ruthlessly to consolidate monopolies.

In 1795 the heavily-taxed boers of the frontier districts, who received no protection against the Africans, expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company, and established independent governments at Swellendam and at Graaff Reinet.

Company officials, concerned about the cost of the military, slashed its size, denying Clive a promotion to captain in the process.

The Company sought to extract the maximum revenue possible from the peasantry to fund military campaigns, and corruption was widespread amongst its officials.

For the next few weeks, Soberanis and his colleagues of the Labourers and Unemployed Association ( LUA ) attacked the governor and his officials, the rich merchants, and the Belize Estate and Produce Company at biweekly meetings attended by 600 to 800 people.

Company officials were confident in the changing market and in 1959 announced a $ 10 million ( US $ in dollars ) expansion of its Kenosha complex ( to increase annual straight-time capacity from 300, 000 to 440, 000 cars ).

Her forces did not kill any East India Company officials and their wives and children in Jokhan Bagh on 8 June 1857 but she was subsequently accused by the British of that.

Among other changes in the reorganization of the Virginia Company to make it a profitable company, officials decided to set up a system of self-government in the North American colonies.

Company officials adopted English Common Law as the basis of their system in the Virginia colony, replacing the governor as the final voice on legal matters.

Company officials described Frontier City as " beat up " and " run down "; they planned to demolish the park, subdivide the land, and build a shopping center.

The right to print money was moved from the British Imperial Bank to his National Bank of Iran ( Bank-i Melli Iran ), as was the administration of the telegraph system, from the Indo-European Telegraph Company to the Iranian government, in addition to the collection of customs by Belgian officials.

The officer had direct control only over Fort William, but supervised other British East India Company officials in India.

Company officials merged their respective organizations, the Wright Company and the Glenn L. Martin Company, in 1916.

In July 2005, BNFL confirmed it planned to sell Westinghouse Electric Company, then estimated to be worth $ 1. 8bn (£ 1bn ).

A Royal Engineer in the 252nd Tunnelling Company confirmed this, saying after the war that after he complained about the earlier time to the VIII Corps staff, they told him that the reason for the time was that they " feared the results of their men going across.

Enquiries by the Government of Quebec to the Iron Ore Company of Canada (" IOCC ") in the late 1970s had confirmed that assumption.

The Government Affairs Vice President confirmed that the Metropolitan Edison Company, which operated the company, had shortly before received a warning from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) that Babcock and Wilcox reactor valves were vulnerable to failure under certain conditions.

In 2007 AC announced a joint venture with Brooklands Motor Company ( the spiritual successor of Autokraft ) in Weybridge, Surrey, UK and confirmed plans for the continuation of the traditional AC designed tubular chassis and aluminium bodied models.

In 2007, Victor Company of Japan Ltd confirmed a strategic capital alliance with Kenwood and SPARKX Investment, resulting in Matsushita's holding being reduced to approximately 37 %.

In March, the Sydney Theatre Company and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that STC's 2010 production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya would be reprised in Washington, D. C. during the month of August In April, months of speculation finally ended when Weaving appeared on The Hobbit's New Zealand set, shortly before a production spokesman officially confirmed the actor's return as Elrond in Peter Jackson's two-film prequel to Lord of the Rings.

Brooks ' report confirmed the observations of Thomas Simpson, an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company who first observed the seepages in 1836.

On February 6, 2006 Toshiba confirmed it was buying Westinghouse Electric Company for $ 5. 4bn and announced it would sell a minority stake to investors.

In March 2011, Thornton and The Weinstein Company confirmed that negotiations had begun for a sequel.

The Company, originally known as the Guild and Fraternity of St. John the Baptist in the City of London, was first incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1327, confirmed by later charters in 1408, 1503 and 1719.

The government of Warren Hastings granted him a pension of £ 600 per annum, which the East India Company somewhat tardily confirmed.

In October 2006, Fillion signed a talent holding contract with the Fox Broadcasting Company, and in December 2006, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Fillion was cast as Alex Tully in the series Drive, which debuted on Fox in the spring of 2007.

Hudson Maxim said the Hudson Munitions Company only had an option on the supposed fuel and wouldn't buy all rights unless tests confirmed claims.

The Watan Lema allied with the Dutch East India Company ( VOC ) in 1613, confirmed in 1646.

After the Portuguese, the Dutch East India Company ( 1663 – 1795 ) followed by the English East India Company ( 1795 – 1858, confirmed on 6 May 1809 ), protectorated the Cochin state.

The Niger Coast Protectorate was a British protectorate in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria, originally established as the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1891 and confirmed at the Berlin Conference the following year, renamed on 12 May 1893, and merged with the chartered territories of the Royal Niger Company on 1 January 1900 to form the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.

The Niger Coast Protectorate was a British protectorate in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria, originally established as the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1891 and confirmed at the Berlin Conference the following year, renamed on 12 May 1893, and merged with the chartered territories of the Royal Niger Company on 1 January 1900 to form the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.

In February 2009, it was confirmed by Julie McPherson ( Group Company Secretary ) that Amcor was negotiating the possible takeover of some flexible packaging assets from the Rio Tinto Group.

Lafcadio Hearn, an Irish-Greek author who made his home in Japan in the 19th century, was described to be " a confirmed Japanophile " by Charles E. Tuttle Company in their foreword to most of his books.

Lieutenant Hans Joachim Schafmeister-Berckholtz, who served in the Grossdeutschland during the same period as Sajer, confirmed in a letter that he had read the book and considered it an accurate overall account of the Division's battles in the East, while also noting that he remembered a Landser named Sajer in his Panzergrenadier company ( 5th co ), the same company number Sajer mentioned being assigned to ( though there was more than one " 5th Company " in the Division ).

Lieutenant Hans Joachim Schafmeister-Berckholtz, who served in the Grossdeutschland during the same period as Sajer, confirmed in a letter that he had read the book and considered it an accurate overall account of the Division's battles in the East, while also noting that he remembered a Landser named Sajer in his Panzergrenadier company ( 5th co ), the same company number Sajer mentioned being assigned to ( though there was more than one " 5th Company " in the Division ).

Salabat Jang was indebted for his elevation to the throne to the French East India Company, which was confirmed by then Mughal emperor also.