| Title: | Honeywell (Bull) Alumni |
| Moderator: | TNPUBS::JONG |
| Created: | Tue Mar 31 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Apr 27 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 57 |
| Total number of notes: | 213 |
Honeywell Bull may drop the 'Honeywell' from its name at the end
of the year. According to a company spokeswoman, Honeywell Inc.
has the option of reducing its ownership of the firm to 19% at
the end of the year. If this happens, as expected, the firm will
probably drop the 'Honeywell" from the name.
Honeywell would like to move corporate offices to Billerica, MA.
Mid 1989 targeted. Needs to be voted on by Board of Directors
and it's going to the board with senior management approval. The
firm would consolidate its Waltham facility to Billerica building
too. New building to be built.
(CW,6/20/88,p77; EN,6/20/88,p10)
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| 22.1 | ULTRA::HU | Wei Hu | Tue Jan 03 1989 09:56 | 7 | |
Honeywell - Reduces stake in Honeywell Bull
Honeywell Inc. announced that, as specified in a March 1987 agreement
forming the computer company Honeywell Bull, it has reduced its ownership in
Honeywell Bull from 42.5% to 19.9%. The 22.6% stake was sold by Honeywell to
Paris-based Compagnie des Machines Bull (Groupe Bull). Terms of the
transaction were not disclosed.
{The Boston Globe, 30-Dec-88, p. 51}
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| 22.2 | Not a surprise | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ BXB1 | Wed Jan 04 1989 11:08 | 9 |
Re .1:
Once Honeywell's stake in "Honeywell Bull" is below the magic 20%
threshhold, it no longer has to report HB income separately. (You may
remember that Honeywell reduced its stake in Cii-HB to the same level
at the time THAT company was nationalized by the French government.)
In spite of a rumor that Honeywell Bull will be renamed something like
"Bull HN", I fully expect the ultimate name WILL be "Bull" (period).
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| 22.3 | -< New Name????? >- | BAHTAT::ALDERTONM | Thu Jan 05 1989 06:57 | 4 | |
re .2:
Rumour has it that the new company will be called BULL SYSTEMS,
this may only be a UK rumour, but as we all know .......
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| 22.4 | Newco name, no bull | DELNI::JONG | Steve Jong/OMSD SW Pubs | Tue Feb 28 1989 13:56 | 14 |
I heard a commercial last night with a whole series of words meant
to apply to NewCo, words like DependaBULL, ReliaBULL, FlexiBULL,
InterconnectaBULL (emphasis theirs)... you get the picture. Darned
if I can't remember whether the name is now Group BULL or just BULL,
but the corporate slogan is Know BULL.
They seem to be challenging you to come back with a snappy word
like terriBULL... It does stick in the mind. But I can't help
but recall the inclement afternoon when my cubemate rose to leave,
put on his coat, and donned a ridiculous tam-o-shanter cap. I looked
at it and started to giggle tactlessly but helplessly. He drew
himself up to his full height and said, with great dignity, "You
know, some people would look foolish in a hat like this." I nearly
split a gut.
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| 22.5 | Know BULL | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ BXB1 | Wed Mar 01 1989 12:42 | 2 |
The corporate name is "Bull HN".
Its major US division is "Bull Worldwide Information Systems".
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| 22.6 | Public Grafitti | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ BXB1 | Fri Mar 24 1989 09:36 | 7 |
The big sign that faces I95/128 from 200 Smith Street still has a large
Bull banner covering it in expectation of a permanent illuminated sign.
As I came to work this morning, I noticed that some (presumably
disgruntled) soul has filled the sizeable void between "Bull" and the
tree logo. It now reads "BullSHIT" and has a smaller legend below the
tree that I was unable to read in passing.
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