Originally Posted by
John E
I mentioned Schwinn because the only "real" Schwinns being produced today are Waterfords. (Sort of like Hewlett-Packard -- the current company is essentially the ghost of Compaq. The test equipment heart and soul of the company my uncle joined in the early 1950s became Agilent.)
Well, then this happened:
Agilent Technologies Separates into Two Industry-Leading Public Companies
On September 19, 2013 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced plans to separate into two publicly traded companies: one in life sciences, diagnostics and applied markets (LDA) that will retain the Agilent name, and Keysight Technologies which will be comprised of Agilent’s current portfolio of electronic measurement (EM) products. The separation is expected to be completed in November 2014.