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		<title>Gazprom seals $2.5bn Nigerian deal: Nigaz to build pipelines.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Skoultchi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Today it was announced that the Russian energy giant Gazprom would enter into a joint venture with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation. The new firm, to be called Nigaz, is set to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations in &#8230; <a href="http://catchwordbranding.com/catchthis/brand-naming/gazprom-seals-25bn-nigerian-deal-nigaz-to-build-pipelines/">More <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.catchwordbranding.com/static/uploads/2009/06/_45970785_gazprom_ap.jpg" alt="_45970785_gazprom_ap" width="200" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1835" />[<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8118721.stm" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8118721.stm?referer=');">Today it was announced</a> that the Russian energy giant Gazprom would enter into a joint venture with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation. The new firm, to be called <strong>Nigaz</strong>, is set to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations in Nigeria.]</p>
<p>Apparently Gazprom, a Global 500 company with nearly 400,000 employees (no exaggeration) doesn&#8217;t have a single marketing person who speaks ENGLISH or is even remotely familiar with American slang.  YO!  Gazprom!  I don&#8217;t mean to be dissin&#8217; ya&#8217;ll, but Shizzle!  What the hizzle???  Nigaz???  I might just have to shoot the five witcha, or at least sick the naming po-pos on ya.  Again: Nigaz????  Have you NO skrilla to do some of that linguistic or cultural screenin&#8217;??  Were you guys crunked up when you thought of that name???  Look, I gotta bounce, I got some, well, stuff I gotta do, but damn, Gazprom.  Nigaz??  That sh*t&#8217;s cold.  Hire a naming company next time.</p>
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