Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: May 14, 2007 09:16
Here is a fun on mergers....
The ongoing mergermania--the effort to put more and more control into
the hands of fewer and fewer people--is the single greatest threat to
our freedom and democracy.
Here are a few mergers in the making:
Xerox and Wurlitzer: They're going to make reproductive organs.
* Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers: New company will be
called Fairwell Honeychild
* Polygram Records, Warner Brothers and Keebler: New company will be
called Poly-Warner-Cracker
* W. R. Grace Co., Fuller Brush Co., Mary Kay Cosmetics and Hale
Business
Systems: New company will be called Hale Mary Fuller Grace
* 3M & Goodyear: mmmGood
* John Deere & Abitibi-Price: Deere Abi
* Netscape and Yahoo: Net 'n' Yahoo
* Honeywell, Imasco, and Home Oil: Honey, I'm Home
* Denison Mines, Alliance, and Metal Mining: Mine, All Mine
* 3M, J.C. Penney, Canadian Opera Company: 3 Penney Opera
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