 On Friday, Comcast will officially change the name of its company to Xfinity, which may seem like a dumb idea considering Xfinity is a nonsensical word. But Comcast won't be the first corporation to make a ridiculous name change, according to TIME.
In 2000, Andersen Consulting changed its name to Accenture. It was supposed to suggest "accent on the future." Pretty lame. But it ended up being a good move, since Andersen got destroyed by the Enron scandal.
Last July, the Sci Fi channel changed its name to the SyFy channel.
In 2001, Britain's Royal Mail changed its name to Consignia. The Brits hated it so much they changed it back after a year.
Last year, the private-security firm Blackwater changed its name to Xe (pronounced "Zee.")
In 2003, Philip Morris changed their name to the Altria Group.
In 2000, the World Wrestling Federation got in trouble for calling themselves the WWF. That's because there already was a WWF -The World Wildlife Fund. So now they're the WWE, for "World Wrestling Entertainment."
In 2000, The Nashville Network changed its name to The National Network. Then in 2003, they changed their name again to Spike TV.
In 1997, after a huge accident in Florida, ValuJet became AirTran.
Last July, the Sears Tower became the Willis Tower when an English insurance company bought the rights to the name. Everyone still calls it the Sears Tower.
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