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Old Jun 29, 2019 | 3:11 pm
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Originally Posted by UAL757222
The name of the parent company will now on CNBC or Fox Business and the like will no longer be simply referred to as “United Continental” when talking about the companies performance on air. That is a win.
It is definitely clearer. Local news outlets will still show tulip battleship grey stock footage whenever UAL is in the news for the wrong reason, however.

Originally Posted by ContinentalFan
I never understood why they had Continental in the name to begin with.
A sop to employees. An unnecessary one at that.
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