Last month, JNK Securities brought a group to Capitol Hill to meet with top House telecommunications aides to discuss whether the government would grant a license to LightSquared Inc.

WSJ: Inside Capitol, Investor Access Yields Rich Tips

Only two weeks ago the five-member NRC voted 4-0 (one recusal) to grant a 20-year license extension to the Vermont Yankee facility on the Connecticut River, just north of the Massachusetts border.

FORBES: Aftershocks: Nuclear Energy Fallout From Japan

They would not be obliged to grant a license for all European countries but would remain free to restrict their licenses to certain territories and to establish contractual royalties.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

On Wednesday, ViiV Healthcare a joint venture of GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and Shionogi announced it would grant a voluntary license to the Medicines Patent Pool to enable low-cost supply of a key pediatric HIV medicine in the 118 countries in which 98.7% of all HIV-positive children reside.

WHITEHOUSE: Medicines Patent Pool and ViiV Healthcare Collaborate for Children with HIV | The White House

It will therefore be contrary to the public interest to grant a license.

CNN: Showing 'Greater Humanity'

Unfortunately, as things stand now, the only impediments to the early transfer of a true national asset to a potentially problematic foreign owner are two, all-too-often pro forma bureaucratic exercises: the grant of a Federal Communications Commission license to transfer ownership and a possible Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Strategic fire-sale

He dots countries with cell towers, sometimes before rulers even grant a license, then slashes the price of mobiles on opening day to get the masses using them fast.

FORBES: Babble Rouser