> > >And I wonder - are the guys selling bulbs outside the US
> > >mainly subsidiaries of american conglomerates like GE?
> > >This would explain a lot.
> >
> >         Yep...GE, Philips, Sylvania, etc.
> >
> >
> Actually the headquarters of Philips is not in the United States of
America
> but in the United States of Socialist Europe, to be more precise Holland.
So
> it's a European not an American Conglomerate.


Excuse the probably incorrect spelling - it was (is?) "Philps Gloeilampen
Fabriken" so the link to lightbulbs is a time honoured one.

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