rofflecopters - got to love the Dutch
From the Times:
Barclays eagle is causing a flap after 317 years
Barclays is poised to drop its 317-year-old eagle logo in response to concerns from ABN Amro, its Dutch merger partner, that the design has Nazi connotations. Sources close to the British bank said that it had come under pressure to scrap the logo. "It is rather a Teutonic looking eagle and has unfortunate connotations," one insider said. Barclays, which has already agreed to move its head office to Amsterdam as the price of its proposed £96 billion merger deal, is instead preparing to adopt ABN's stylised heraldic shield worldwide. Many in the Netherlands, which was occupied for five years during the Second World War, are deeply sensitive to Nazi imagery.
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Posted By: Stoopish on June 19th 2007 at 12:33:45
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- rofflecopters - got to love the Dutch (General Chat) - Stoopish, Jun 19, 12:33:45
- And meanwhile, we are being taken over by Deutsche Telekom, and have these coins in our (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 19, 12:36:22
- sfunny how when they brought the Euro out (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jun 19, 12:39:04
- bunch of Barclays Bankers (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jun 19, 12:34:34
- And meanwhile, we are being taken over by Deutsche Telekom, and have these coins in our (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 19, 12:36:22
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