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Re: TLG == Lego ? "Yes" : "No"
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 2 Feb 1999 04:40:52 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36b5c090.6570725@lugnet.com>...
:On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:30:09 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman)
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:>p.s. I think Shell is also officially the Shell Group of companies.
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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 companies--inactive corporations
:which are waiting around, just in case they become useful someday.
Funny, but that is sort of what a "shell" (little s) corporation does.
Maybe they've really taken the name to heart.
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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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| (...) 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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