Originally Posted By fkurucz >>So much for EPCOT's motto of being a showcase for ~American~ industrial ingenuity.<< There no such thing as a large American company. They are now all multinational corporations, and if you think that they (GE, HP, IBM, Microsoft, etc.) have any kind of allegiance to the ol' USA, I have a nice bridge for sale!
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>But they're running their corporate ship extra-extra tight these days too.<< This could pretty much be said for any Fortune 500 firm. Even though most are reporting record profits they are pinching pennies so hard that you could be forgiven for thinking that they are on the verge of bankruptcy.
Originally Posted By mickey_ring It's hard to explain, but it was always strangely reassuring to see the AT&T logo on SSE and a big GE at the end of Illuminations. Kinda like corporate America still had it's act together, so don't worry about spending a ton of cash on a WDW vacation.
Originally Posted By Labuda "<Siemens is a rather large company< putting that lightly " And I deal with Honeywell and Boeing daily.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney This is very good news for Disney, and likely SSE fans as well. Disney has been losing sponsors by the droves since the late 90s and to snag a major one like Siemens isn't something to be taken lightly. Boy, first Chicken Little makes $40 million despite bad reviews, then ABC continues to dominate the 18-49 demos and a Pixar deal appears imminent, and now this. I'd say the first few months of the Iger administration are looking good!
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn This measurable effects of any new administration of not evident until ~at least~ ten months after day one.
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo I build circuit boards for various companys including for hospitols and then new defibilators using Siemens placement machines. So to me it's rather interesting to see the name of a company that makes the machines I use to build important circuit boards sponser an attraction about communication. Especially since they also make telephones.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I bet there are a lot of Siemens controllers that operate automated equipment in SSE
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^^But most people aren't aware of that. That's the point I was making when describing multinational corporations. If you have been drinking Nesquik and eating Crunch bars all your life, then as far as you know they are American.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <If you have been drinking Nesquik and eating Crunch bars all your life, then as far as you know they are American.> You must think most people take most things at face value. Nestle is from Switzerland, no?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Nestle sponcers "The Land Pavalion" and they aren't American< Nestle is from Switzerland - ja 1 but since they bought / absorbed so many American Companies - ( Libby / Stouffer / Carnation / Ralston Purina & Dreyers Ice Cream to name but a few -- they have more American content than most -- Just like Saying Miller Beer is not American ( which Annheuser Busch does on their tours) - technically correct ( same for Chrysler ) - but perception is different.
Originally Posted By Indigo <<This measurable effects of any new administration of not evident until ~at least~ ten months after day one.>> We're really already 7 months into Bob Iger's reign as he started his duties about 6 months before Eisner officially retired. In any event it's nice to have some good news coming from Burbank these days.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney Iger has already made many positive changes ... many by just reversing Eisner's atmosphere of negativity and paranoia. At least that's what some pals of mine who get Mousechecks say!
