Cie.
Americanabbreviation
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Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage
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Companion of the Indian Empire
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(in the Irish Republic) Coras Iompair Eireann
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Etymology
Origin of Cie.
From the French word Compagnie
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Even the formidable C. Aubrey Smith, as the gruff chairman of Colet & Cie., never crosses her directly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Cie. de Saint- Gobain SA shelved a planned $1.1 billion IPO of its packaging unit, citing “market uncertainty and volatility.”
From BusinessWeek ● Jun. 29, 2011
Bridgestone Corp. and Michelin & Cie., the world’s biggest tire makers, are boosting prices by as much as 15 percent, and Top Glove Corp., the largest rubber-glove producer, is charging more.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 27, 2011
And in Belgium, the huge chemical company of Solvay et Cie. held a meeting at which 1,800 family "partners" discussed increasing Solvay's capital by selling shares to the European public.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A weathered sign over the door announced that Bonfils et Cie. did business within, behind the streaked and bluish glass of the small curved window-panes.
From Ralestone Luck by James S. Reid
If shorts aren’t your thing, but you still want to take part in the upside-down trend, fear not: CIE has you covered.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2018
Alejandro Soberón is the chief executive of Grupo CIE, one of the largest live entertainment companies and the promoter of the Mexican Grand Prix.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2016
Miguel Angel Garcia, director of science policy at the CIE, says the centre produces a total of 57 million tests per year for 19 different diseases, including HIV and Chagas disease.
From Nature ● Sep. 27, 2016
Cobalt International Energy Inc., CIE 10.24 % an oil company whose investors have included Vanguard Group and Janus Capital Management LLC, according to FactSet, disclosed in 2013 that the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2015
He began as a clerk in CIE, the state transport service.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2014
She created a signature candle, scented with notes of jasmine, with Melanie Apple Fields, a candlemaker who owns Studio City-based Voyage et Cie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
But for people like Andrea Bernstein, the founder of Linen Salvage et Cie in Los Angeles, they are a permanent fixture.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
"The lender group has held initial meetings with Rothschild & Cie, Chad's financial advisors, and subsequently with the official creditor committee for Chad in the past week to exchange views on Chad's request," the Oct.
From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2021
It was followed by the complex, savory Cuvée Rubis from Vilmart & Cie and the subtle, chalky, almost Burgundian Brut Grand Cru from Hugues Godmé.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
Theo van Gogh is the manager of Goupil & Cie, a successful art gallery on the fashionable Boulevard Montmartre in Paris.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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