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Folks, What is the difference between the Lego Group (TLG) and Lego as a company? The latter (I assume) manufactures Lego products, while the former sounds like an investment group. TLG seems to hold all the copyrights, etc. Isn't Lego privately (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The Lego Group (a.k.a. "TLG") is a multinational conglomerate (if that's the right term) and is the "parent" company of approximately 40-50 companies. Companies in the Lego Group have names like LEGO Systems Inc., LEGOLAND California Inc., (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I suspected as much. Is TLG, then, the family-owned comany that KKK (1) runs, or does TLG own that company? Cheers, - jsproat 1. What a horrible acronym! At least, for those familiar with the American cult labelled such. (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) runs, (...) American (...) I agree. For what does the acronym stand? -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steven Vore wrote in message ... (...) Ku Klux Klan, if you mean the American side of it. They're a white supremacist movement based in the southern states. Kirk K. Kristiansen on TLG's side. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jesse Long wrote in message ... (...) Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, excuse me. (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So Kjeld runs what? A brick supremacist movement? :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) He used to. (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Spend some time at the Shell website -- it's a very weird experience. They don't even pretend to present an image of a single operating corporation (like TLG does). Apparently, there are *hundreds* of Shell companies. Many of them are shell (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No no, a thousand times no... I meant the Lego side of it -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36b5c090.6570725@lu...et.com>... :On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:30:09 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) :wrote: : :>p.s. I think Shell is also officially the Shell Group of companies. : :Spend some time at the Shell (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Right, the Shell companies are shell companies. (...) The inactives seem to be ventures that didn't pan out, but Shell doesn't want to totally dissolve the incorporation. Maybe they'll think they can use them later. Maybe it's the corporate (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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