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Square, Inc. Changes Name to Block (businesswire.com)
5 points by ChrisArchitect on Dec 1, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Alphabet, Meta and now Block.

Looks like corporate umbrellas [0] are making a come back in style again.

I get the need to productize endlessly on sea of ideas and perhaps incubate spin-offs but even GE and J&J are running away from its conglomerate ways… I mean umbrella corporation [1] ways.

[0]https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/corporate-umbrella.asp

[1]https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Umbrella_Corporation




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