Since Rio, governments have been hampered by a decision there to divide the world into one group of mostly rich countries that were supposed to cut emissions and another of mostly poor ones that did not have to.
Through Carlson Wagonlit, the group is one of the world's biggest corporate travel managers, looking after companies like General Electric and Coca-Cola.
Seth Siegel, head of the licensing division of The Beanstalk Group, one of the world's top trademark-licensing agencies, reckons that a hot property such as Harry Potter could have generated 200-300 product licences in America alone.
The Glen Dimplex Group is now one of the world's biggest producer of electric heaters.
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London had a team, for which Clarke briefly played, run by the Anschutz Entertainment Group -- one of the world's largest sporting owners and investors.
One such company is the Loewen Group, the world's second-largest funeral-services company, which is based in Vancouver.
Mapei, a family-owned adhesives group, had sponsored one of the world's leading cycling teams for decades and had historical ties to Sassuolo's tile-makers.
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Cyprus open their Euro 2004 Group One qualifying campaign at home to deposed World champions France on 7 September.
And surely some business will be transacted during One Young World, which is sponsored by the global advertising group Havas.
Instead, we are driven by a group goal: we want to move from one world to the next.
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Gauntner moved on to found Sake World, a sake sommelier certification group, and one of his first disciples took over the program at Shibuya, now with over 125 labels.
The Forth Bridge will be one of a select group of locations that have been awarded World Heritage Site Status in the UK. These include the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, the Derwent Valley Mills and the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd.
England's dominant side from 1999 to 2003, the same group that won the World Cup, managed only one in all that time.
Meanwhile, the cost of airbags has fallen by more than 90% over the past decade, notes Franz Wressnigg, who is president of the Automotive Systems Group of Germany's Siemens, one of the world's largest airbag suppliers.
Leading one camp is Bogle, the retired chief of Vanguard Group and the world s most vocal proponent of passive investing.
"The Millennium Stadium is recognised throughout the rugby world as one of the finest stadiums around today, " said WRU group chief executive Lewis.
It is a city heralded for attracting incomers from around the world, but New York has just become less hospitable to one group - smokers.
Algeria, who contested last year's World Cup finals, lie bottom of Group D with just one point, trailing both surprise leaders Central African Republic and Morocco by three points.
Mr Giaquinta has performed around the world, and with the group Deepsky he had a number one Billboard dance single with a remix of Madonna's Die Another Day and Hollywood.
The merged company, LATAM Airlines Group, will be one of the largest quoted airlines in the world.
The LA Galaxy are managed by Anschutz Entertainment Group, one of the largest sports and entertainment companies in the world.
The company is part of The Capital Group Companies which is one of the biggest investment organizations in the world.
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Last week, I spoke to a group of trainees in one of the top wealth management programs in the world.
By all rights American International Group (AIG) was one of the soundest commercial insurance firms in the world.
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Bruno Senna, the nephew of former triple Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna, is sponsored by Embratel, part of Slim's Telmex group.
Sometimes forgotten is that one of the world's largest Muslim populations is India's, and though that group can lag, the Indian boom won't leave those 100 million untouched.
"We may start the group as favourites, given that we're ranked number one in the world right now, but things can change once you're on the pitch, " he added.
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The Sennheiser Group, with its headquarters in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems.
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Sinivasan, president of the Texmaco group, an Indonesian textile and machinery manufacturer, his company will be one of the world's top producers of high-quality polyester.
The top teams in each group meet in next Saturday's final with Britain, led by world number one Andy Murray in action for the first time on Monday against Kazakhstan, while Germany take on Russia in Group B matches.
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