The company is in the process of spinning off at least three high technology start-ups.
Most firms, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, are in the process of spinning off their consulting businesses, he said.
American Eagle is owned by the AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, which is in the process of spinning off the regional carrier into a separate company.
That group may include News Corporation, which is in the process of spinning off its newspaper holdings from its far bigger Fox Entertainment operations.
The bank is also in the process of spinning off 314 branches – under the terms imposed by the EU when it was bailed out – which employ 4,300 people under the Williams & Glyn's brand.
Time Warner, which is in the process of spinning off its magazine portfolio, Time Inc., would move its executive suite to the new tower along with its HBO, Turner Networks, CNN and Warner Brothers offices.
It was already in the process of spinning off most of its parts plants into Visteon.
AMD is in the process of spinning off GlobalFoundries, its manufacturing arm.
Siemens is now in the process of spinning off Infineon and taking it public.
Siemens, the German conglomerate, is now in the process of spinning off number ten, Infineon, and taking it public.
Fleet has since shuttered its investment banking unit, and U.S. Bancorp is in the process of spinning off Piper Jaffray.
