>>>>Question for you -- is Willis Holdings really as well known in the UK as their CEO claims they are? He said the main reason they are doing this is to increase their name recognition in the U.S., which was previously nil.
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>>>I've never heard of them. I don't care who holds what. I know of the Sears catalogue, though, if that's what the tower was named after orig.
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>>I don't see how naming something after an actor is worse than naming it after a catalog.
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>I think when the tower was built, Sears was the largest employer in the U.S. Even today, their holdings are huge and they (combined with Kmart) employ over 350,000...

He didn't say "after an employer", but "...catalogue, though, if that's what the tower was named after"...