Agarwalla / All: Perhaps United is looking for tax concessions from the Elk Groove and sent this up as a trail ballon to scare the city council? You're right. A company can locate anywhere in the world. Executives simply push paper and have accountants. Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass --- "Agarwalla, Niraj" <Niraj.Agarwalla@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Does it matter where corporate HQ is located these > days? Boeing's HQ is > located in Chicago, but it is still seen as a > Seattle company. United > can move to the planet Mars, and unless they are > planning to > significantly trim their ORD operations, no one is > going to notice. > Also, almost all publicly-traded companies-- like > Boeing and United-- > are incorporated in Delaware, for business reasons. > > -- > Niraj Agarwalla > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List > [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Bill Hough > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:10 AM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: United considers leaving Chicago > > > Thursday 1st June, 2006 > > United considers leaving Chicago =3D > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > =3D > -------- > > Big News Network.com Wednesday 31st May, 2006 > (UPI) =3D > > > United Airlines is considering departing Chicago for > good, especially > if=3D > San Francisco offers the airline some reasons to > relocate its > corporate=3D > offices. > > Next week, United executives will meet with > officials of the northern > Ca=3D > lifornia city about a corporate headquarters > relocation, the Chicago > Tri=3D > bune reported Wednesday. > > United has hired real estate advisory firm Staubach > Co. to evaluate > loca=3D > tions that would offer, among other things, about > 150,000 square feet > of=3D > office space. Other options for United include > Denver or staying in > its=3D > current location in Elk Grove Village, Ill., near > Chicago's O'Hare > Inte=3D > rnational Airport. > > The airline, which has not made a profit in six > years, emerged from > bank=3D > ruptcy in February. > > > > > The best slide auction on the net: > http://www.auctiontransportation.com/sites/psa188/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com