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Started by Korea, March 10, 2009, 06:24:26 AM

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Syt

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Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Monoriu

AIA is ours?  I thought we must be HSBC. 

Admiral Yi

Didn't realize Samsung was so hugeous.

The Larch

#60620
Santander more valuable than Zara? :hmm:

Syt

What's the Ireland thing? I would have expected to see Guinness there.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Archy

I would've expected Stella Artois instead of my bank KBC.

Zanza

Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 10, 2017, 03:38:16 AM
Didn't realize Samsung was so hugeous.
It's the second biggest consumer electronics brand after Apple.

America probably has like at least 10 out of the 20 most valuable brands, so a world map misses a lot of big ones.

garbon

Quote from: Syt on February 10, 2017, 06:11:15 AM
What's the Ireland thing? I would have expected to see Guinness there.

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H&M is a really big clothing company bigger than IKEA.
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mongers

Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 10, 2017, 03:38:16 AM
Didn't realize Samsung was so hugeous.

They just shrugged off a $7-8 billion dollar loss on that phone fiasco and according to their latest accounts* are doing swimmingly.



* Korean accounting practices.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/AFP/status/830062520920637440?p=v
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