UBS
The bank we know as UBS was formed in 1998 when the Union Bank of Switzerland merged with the Swiss Bank Corporation. While the combined bank took the initialism used by the Union Bank...
Category: Etymology
Colgate
The Colgate brand is known the world over for its toothpaste and dental care products, and was established in 1806 by William Colgate on Dutch Street in New York City. Colgate & Co. initially...
Amtrak
Created in 1971, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation is a for-profit company funded by the US federal and state governments. Trading under the name Amtrak, the company brought together the passenger rail services, and...
Jira
Jira was initially released in 2002, and is a bug tracking and project management tool developed by Atlassian, a Sydney, Australia-based IT company. According to the company, Atlassian originally used Bugzilla for internal bug...
Adelaide Crows Football Club
The Adelaide Football Club, commonly referred to as the Crows or the Adelaide Crows, were formed in 1990, and played their first competitive match in the AFL (Australian Football League) in 1991. Owned by...
GEICO
Started in 1936 in Texas by Leo and Lillian Goodwin as the Government Employees Insurance Company. The company began life in the middle of the Great Depression, and sold car insurance to federal government...
Pepsi
Created in 1893 by Caleb Bradham for sale in his drugstore in New Bern, North Carolina. The drink was initially sold as Brad’s Drink. Not exactly the catchiest name going around, the beverage was...
Rego Park, New York City
As an Australian living in New York City, I nearly fell off my chair when I learnt that there was neighbourhood here known as Rego Park. Back home, the word registration, as in car...
CVS Pharmacy
The first store was opened in 1963 by Stanley and Sidney Goldstein, and Ralph Hoagland, in Lowell, Massachusetts, as the Consumer Value Store. By 1964 there are 17 Consumer Value Stores throughout New England....
PSE&G
New Jersey’s largest supplier of gas and electricity, PSE&G is short for Public Service Electricity and Gas. The company was formed as the Public Service Corporation in 1903 as an amalgamation of around 400...