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There's casual usage and there is more formal usage. They're kind of the same, but they are different in tone.

Here's another one I find interesting; the Brits will say "Ford are introducing three new models" whereas Americans will say "Ford is introducing three new models".

I wonder if this is because the Brits see a company as a "company of people" (which I believe is the etymology of that usage of the word company) whereas Americans see a company as a single entity.