data.3news-bydate.test.rec.motorcycles.104528 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (kevinh)
Subject: Re: Happy Easter!
Originator: kevinh@nath
Reply-To: [email protected]
Organization: Ascom Hasler AG
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
|> In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Dave Tharp CDS) writes:
|> >In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
|> >>Rolls-Royce owned by a non-British firm?
|> >>
|> >>Ye Gods, that would be the end of civilization as we know it.
|> >
|> > Why not? Ford owns Aston-Martin and Jaguar, General Motors owns Lotus
|> >and Vauxhall. Rover is only owned 20% by Honda.
|>
|> Yes, it's a minor blasphemy that U.S. companies would on the likes of A.M.,
|> Jaguar, or (sob) Lotus. It's outright sacrilege for RR to have non-British
|> ownership. It's a fundamental thing
I think there is a legal clause in the RR name, regardless of who owns it
it must be a British company/owner - i.e. BA can sell the company but not
the name.
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