Umbrella Corporation

edited July 18 in Games
What company do you think best resembles the infamous Umbrella Corporation?

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  • edited April 2007
    I can't think of many companies that also control a powerful law enforcement agency (S.T.A.R.S.), so beyond comparing them to ominous shady supercorporations like Monsanto, I've got nothing.
  • edited April 2007
    Well it'd probably have to be a large biological company; government contracts would also help. I can't think of any off the top of my head but I'll probably end up working for one.
  • edited April 2007
    Bumbershoot Inc.
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    Whoever makes the sunglasses that Wesker wears.
  • edited April 2007
    Halliburton?

    The Carlyle Group?
  • edited April 2007
    the illuminati
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    Redcom. Communications is the new zombies!
  • edited April 2007
    News Corp., or Viacom, whichever one of those owns like half of all media companies ever.
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    I would be very frightened indeed if News Corp. had a law enforcement branch.
  • edited April 2007
    Kellog's.
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    edited April 2007
    I'm going to go with Google.
  • edited April 2007
    Google!
  • edited April 2007
    CVS! I've seen the crazy hidden technology they have in the manager's office. They brainwash their employees, too. All they have to do is flip a switch and all employees, past or present, will become an unstoppable army.
  • edited April 2007
    mario wrote: »
    I would be very frightened indeed if News Corp. had a law enforcement branch.

    They do. His name is Bill O'reilly, and he will kill you with a vibrator.
  • edited April 2007
    It'd have to be the Olsen Twins.

    You know it makes sense.
  • edited April 2007
    I must compliment everyone on their unique and varied responses; however, my vote would have to go to Citigroup for the following reasons:

    A. Look at that logo. Are they trying to be obviously affiliated with Umbrella?
    CitigroupU.jpg

    B. According to Forbes Global 2000 in March 2007, [Citigroup] is the world's largest company, with total assets of nearly US $1.9 trillion.
    Nothing says “Large Corporation with zombie making power” than raking in a cool $1,900,000,000,000.

    C. Now, if by this time you’re thinking, “But Trireme, Citigroup specializes in financial accounts and has nothing to do with biomedical research!” Then I present to you the smoking gun. 100% real Umbrella and Citigroup employee ids:

    Umbrellaid.jpg
    citiid.jpg

    So similar… coincidence? I think not! Especially when you take into consideration that both ids have 666 pixels as the image width! ZOMG!!!
  • edited April 2007
    That would seem pretty irrefutable. They even italicize letters in the same general locations of their respective company names.
  • edited April 2007
    we're doomed! DOOMED!
  • edited April 2007
    It's difficult to measure what is the biggest corporation in the world, because it depends on whether you use sales, total assets, profit, market value, etc. Forbes takes several variables and makes its own analysis of what's big.

    Exxon Mobil is actually hailed in many business circles as the largest business in the world. Recently it had some $330 billion in sales, marking the most in sales any company has ever made in the history of business. Citigroup reported that 2006 net income fell by 12% to $21.5 billion, so they're falling behind.

    It depends on how you look at it.

    ...Sorry. I'm an international business major, and I'm required to read the Wall Street Journal daily and the Economist weekly. It rubs off on you.

    Edit: I have nothing for the ID card similarities. Irrefutable.
  • edited April 2007
    But how would you have access to this employees IDs, Trireme, if you yourself weren't an Umbrella AND/OR Citigroup employee? You won't fool us!
  • edited April 2007
    Gasp! That must be why the photograph was withheld!
  • edited April 2007
    Dun Dun Duuuuuun!
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    I don't think so, no business would print red ink onto black cardstock fo IDs, it is far too costly and unecessary, and business execs are all chaep bastards.
  • edited April 2007
    But they're evil businesses! They've gotta maintain their street cred.
  • edited April 2007
    Wikipedia wrote:
    On April 11, 2007 Citigroup said it will eliminate 17,000 jobs, or about 5 percent of its workforce, in a broad restructuring designed to cut costs and bolster its long underperforming stock. [7]

    They're eliminating the ones that said anything to the public! MEEEP! :O
  • edited April 2007
    If they're cutting costs, then it means that they will have extra cash on hand. They can reinvest that into T or G virus research. Hell, they can start moving on to new letter viruses, like E, X, or the dreaded Q Virus.
  • edited April 2007
    I can only assume the ID's are not dyed black, but have naturally become that color from being infected with Citigroup's evil.
  • edited April 2007
    They could also buy more sharks for their tanks in secret mansions. You can never have enough sharks!
  • edited April 2007
    With fricken lasers on their fricken heads!
  • edited April 2007
    That doesn't have to be the followup response every time someone mentions sharks!