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Subject:Re: [Humor] Translations From:SuePStewrt -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Sat, 25 Feb 1995 22:35:43 -0500
>>Question: Why did Esso change to Exxon?<<
As I recall, the company was doing business in the U.S. under five or six
names, with different names in different states. Exxon was the name chosen
to unify the corporate image.
This is the story I remember, but I was, after all, *very young* ;^).
