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...Back in 2008, it was among the first to draw its revolver credit line pre-emptively, on that grim day after the shotgun wedding between Merrill Lynch and Bank of America....
...“They don’t see it as a status change because it provides what they’re looking for at this stage of life,” says Caitrin Lynch, associate professor of anthropology at Olin College, Massachusetts, who studied...
...Melanie McShane of Wolff Olins, the brand consultants, says private equity could help US and European luxury brands expand in fast growing markets such as China....
...Merrill Lynch, which was badly affected by the sub-prime credit crisis, dropped 24 places, losing 16 per cent of its brand value....
..."Paine Webber was as familiar as Merrill Lynch or Morgan Stanley in US retail broking. But who'd heard of UBS?" asks Mark Branson, the bank's chief communications officer....
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