The Off Topic Topic

[Admiral Yi]

Zara, Santander, BBVA, SEAT and Endesa, purely from following business news.  Do any US airlines fly SEAT?

I've also eaten a mango.

[The Brain]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_largest_private_companies_by_country

I did a couple of top50 lists:

Europe 45
USA 32
France 26
Germany 24
UK 17
Nordic countries 13

For Sweden the wiki lists Volvo Cars as a Fortune 500 company, but if you look at the actual Fortune list there's the Volvo group (which has nothing to do with Volvo Cars). Much confusion.

[The Larch]

Do any US airlines fly SEAT?

I doubt it, given that they're cars. 

[Admiral Yi]

D'oh!

[mongers]

I am fascinated by the Lidl/Aldi switch

Sorry, I'm missing something arn't I.

Is it because Aldi might be a privately held company?

[ulmont]

Wonder if there's any Spanish company people here would recognize, besides Zara, Marqués de Cáceres, and the football teams 

Globalia.  Don't ask why.

[DGuller]

I used to favor BASF-made VHS video cassettes.

They made some killer products back in the days.

[mongers]

I used to favor BASF-made VHS video cassettes.

They made some killer products back in the days.

Sadly often made by Ukrainian 'labour'.

[Valmy]

I used to favor BASF-made VHS video cassettes.

They made some killer products back in the days.

Sadly often made by Ukrainian 'labour'.

Stealing good Deutche Volk jobs.

[Duque de Bragança]

Wonder if there's any Spanish company people here would recognize, besides Zara, Marqués de Cáceres, and the football teams 

The few large Spanish multinationals mostly do business in Latin America, and that's not languish audience.

I know Zara, Mango, Pull & Bear, Santander, and Seat.

Quite a few. Well, El Corte Inglés has stores in Portugal, as in Lisbon and Porto. Iberdrola is an utility there too.
Caixa Bank I have seen in France as well.
As for Telecinco, is it still Tele Tetas? 

[Josquius]

I started compiling a British list.

From one top 50 list its 14 not marked as HQ in London...with some of this 14 being in London nonetheless, just more specific.
Looking at the FTSE I'm starting to see a few more outside.

[Grey Fox]

I know 1 from the Spanish list, MAPFRE. Because of their Nadal sponsorship.

[Admiral Yi]

But looking at the FTSE 100 there are lots I don't recognise too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTSE_100_Index

28/100

[mongers]

78/100, but then I live here.

So i wonder how few i know of the dow jones?

edit:
Turns out I know 28 out of the 30 in the DJIA. 

[mongers]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area_Renters%27_Federation

I'm gonna guess this would be Garbon's reaction to this group....