Yet it cannot be denied that Venezuela suffered one of the sharpest economic declines in history immediately after it began one of the largest nationalization campaigns ever, one that went far beyond its state-run oil operations.By nationalizing everything from steel and shipping to agriculture, mining, banking, electricity, telecommunications, and more, Hugo Chávez set his people on a path to serfdom from which there was no turning back.

(mainly for investment purposes)My background is in sales I currently work for full-time in telecommunications.  

Government is a big sector, along with telecommunications, health care, military, manufacturing, etc.

But I guess many places have nuances.Another local Ohio "nuance" I've been trying to resolve since December is a local cop telling me that by calling/texting/emailing a tenant who left before the end of her lease, with no notice (and took the keys with 7 degree outside,) but after being served with a 3-day notice by my process server, I am committing telecommunication harassment (ORC 2917.21.)

Now, let's look at the richest people in the world:Here is Forbes ranking of the 20 richest people in the world:* Carlos Slim (Mexico) - $53.5 billion, telecommunications* Bill Gates (USA) - $53 billion, Microsoft* Warren Buffett (USA) - $47 billion, Berkshire Hathaway* Mukesh Ambani (India) - $29 billion, petrochemicals, oil and gas* Lakshmi Mittal (India) - $28.7 billion, steel* Larry Ellison (USA) - $28 billion, Oracle* Bernard Arnault (France) - $27.5 billion, LVMH* Eike Batista (Brazil) - $27 billion, mining, oil* Amancio Ortega (Spain) - $25 billion, retail* Karl Albrecht (Germany) - $23.5 billion, supermarkets* Ingvar Kamprad & family (Sweden) - $23 billion, Ikea* Christy Walton & family (USA) - $22.5 billion, Walmart* Stefan Persson (Sweden) - $22.4 billion, Hennes & Mauritz* Li Ka-shing (Hong Kong) - $21 billion, diversified* Jim Walton (USA) - $20.7 billion, Walmart* Alice Walton (USA) - $20.6 billion, Walmart* Liliane Bettencourt (France) - $20 billion, L'Oreal* S.

I also work part time at a telecommunications construction and consulting firm.

I have been hired in a french telecommunication " Orange Niger " as a network Technician for a year ( after contract ).

I worked almost 40 years in the telecommunications industry in Human Resources.

I been in sales for my entire career and spent the last 18 in the telecommunications industry.I've had my real estate license since 1991, but use if only for myself when buying/selling or for referals.  

I just saw this article about the economist and Hellas Telecommunications buyout by two massive private equity funds being TPG & Apax partners (partly run by Nikesh Arora).