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  2. Charles E. Merrill - Wikipedia

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    Merrill and his friend, Edmund C. Lynch, created Merrill Lynch in 1915.Merrill made his money by investing. He orchestrated the 1926 merger which created the Safeway food chain, and Merrill Lynch provided investment banking services to Safeway to finance the acquisition of other chains, growing Safeway to more than 3,500 stores across the United States by 1931.

  3. First Republic Bank - Wikipedia

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    In September 2007, First Republic was acquired by Merrill Lynch for $1.8 billion in cash and stock. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In July 2010, Bank of America , which acquired Merrill Lynch and thereby acquired First Republic, sold First Republic Bank to a group of private investors including Colony Capital , General Atlantic , and chairman James Herbert and ...

  4. 1-800-COLLECT - Wikipedia

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    1-800-COLLECT (1-800-265-5328) is a 1-800 number, owned and operated by WiMacTel, which provides fixed rate collect calling in the United States. The service was launched by MCI in 1993. History

  5. Kamala Harris - Wikipedia

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    Kamala Devi Harris [b] (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021 under President Joe Biden.

  6. Dina Merrill - Wikipedia

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    Merrill was born in New York City on December 29, 1923, but for many years, her date of birth was given as December 9, 1925. [3] [4] She was the only child of Post Cereals heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and her second husband, Wall Street stockbroker Edward Francis Hutton, founder of E. F. Hutton & Co. [5] Merrill had two older half-sisters, Adelaide Brevoort Close (July 26, 1908 ...

  7. Visa Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Visa Inc. (/ ˈ v iː z ə, ˈ v iː s ə /) is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. [1] [4] It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards.

  8. Harry Crosby (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    He subsequently became group head and managing director of North America Financial Sponsors Group at Merrill Lynch, where he managed clients such as KKR, Carlyle and Bain. [ 3 ] In 2005, he became general partner at Snow Phipps, a private equity firm specializing in leveraged acquisitions, build-ups, recapitalizations, restructuring, and growth ...

  9. Telephone numbers in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Landline telephone companies' customer service numbers have been normalized as 103, followed by a two-digit code. For example, Embratel customers contact the company's customer service dialing 103–21. [13] For most mobile carriers, the number is 105, followed by a one-digit code (e.g., 105-2 for Claro).