private sector

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MyTribe warned "surging" prices in the private sector and lack of NHS access was leaving patients "struggling to afford essential care".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“Thousands of people are plaintiffs in this action, which names 18 public and private sector defendants. The City Attorney’s Office is responsible for defending the City and DWP in this lawsuit.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“It’s increasingly hard to separate the private sector from the public sector,” McVey says.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

“If they can’t get sufficient investment from the private sector to maximize AI development and deployment, then they will consider taking stakes in some subset of it,” Haines told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 449 points, to its lowest level in four years, and most of the market-moving news was coming not from the private sector but from government officials.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis