Cisco Systems, Microsoft, CBS, EMI, Hitachi, Lufthansa, Facebook, etc
The is used for newspapers.
The Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Australian
The is used for many larger organizations and institutions (not commercial enterprises), including those with initials that are normally spelled out.
The Commonwealth, the Fed, the EU, the WHO, the BBC, the FDA, the IAEA, etc.
Compare:
OPEC, NATO, ICANN, etc.
If you are uncertain, please monitor usage in the media or consult a dictionary.
即是商業公司名就不用the,其他機構名就要the.
http://www.davidappleyard.com/english/articles.htm
但留意, 大學不當作機構,應當作地方看待.
No article is needed for most places consisting of just the name of a person, or the name of a person/place followed by a noun.
Harrods, Macys, McDonald's, Lloyds Bank, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Kennedy Airport, Waterloo Station, Cambridge University, etc.
The is used in titles and place names including of.
It is unlikely the Queen of Denmark has ever swum in the Bay of Bengal.
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