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GMAC Bank recently reinvented itself as Ally Bank. The move was a way to distance itself from its troubled parent company GMAC Financial Services, which is negotiating its third infusion of taxpayer aid.
Here are a few other companies that have changed their names to shed old identities.
ACCENTURE
Formerly Arthur Anderson
The accounting and consulting firm changed its name after being convicted of obstruction of justice for shredding of documents at the former U.S. energy giant Enron Corp.
AIRTRAN
Formerly ValuJet
The airline wanted a new identity after one of its planes was involved in a deadly crash in 1996. The airline bought AirTran's fleet a year later and took on its name.
ALTRIA
Formerly Philip Morris
The tobacco giant changed its name in 2003 to shed its image associated with cigarettes.
XE
Formerly Blackwater Worldwide
The security firm changed its name earlier this year to Xe — pronounced "z" — to distance itself from its tarnished reputation related to some of its work in Iraq.
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