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Thursday, 07/14/2011 2:08:07 PM

Thursday, July 14, 2011 2:08:07 PM

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ITT’s spinoff-company names are ITT Exelis (XLS) for the defense company and Xylem (XYL) for the water company:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ITT-Announces-Names-of-bw-2578510288.html?x=0&.v=1

These names are curiously close to Exelixis, a biotech company, and Xyrem, a drug marketed by Jazz Pharmaceutcials. The world must be running out of good names.

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