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{{a|fakehistory|}}A long time ago, in a small town in Germany<ref>In fact ''none'' of the [[Salomon Brothers]] seem to have come from, or gone to, Germany.</ref> | {{a|fakehistory|}}A long time ago, in a small town in Germany,<ref>In fact ''none'' of the [[Salomon Brothers]] seem to have come from, or gone to, Germany.</ref> there was a shoemaker, [[Salomon]] was his name... | ||
===The English brother=== | ===The English brother=== | ||
there was an English Salomon Brother. He made boots in Whitechapel. Being a litigious, type, he established the legal concept of corporate personality in {{cite|Salomon|Salomon & Co Ltd|1896|UKHL|1}}, when he sued his corporate self and lost. | there was an English Salomon Brother; Basil. He made boots in Whitechapel. Being a litigious, type, he established the legal concept of corporate personality in {{cite|Salomon|Salomon & Co Ltd|1896|UKHL|1}}, when he sued his corporate self and lost. Nothing to do with the modern ski and hiking boot manufacturer as best we can determine — that’s the Frenchie mentioned below. | ||
===The American Brothers=== | ===The American Brothers=== | ||
His brothers went to America and diversified into {{tag|investment bank}}ing, invented swaps, nearly blew up the financial world on a number of occasions and eventually succumbed to the dreary lukewarm [[entropy]] that is our collective fate, being acquired in 1997 by [[Travelers Group]], which was then aquired by [[Citigroup]] in early 1998. | His brothers [[Hank]] and [[Chip]] went to America and diversified into {{tag|investment bank}}ing, invented swaps, nearly blew up the financial world on a number of occasions and eventually succumbed to the dreary lukewarm [[entropy]] that is our collective fate, being acquired in 1997 by [[Travelers Group]], which was then aquired by [[Citigroup]] in early 1998. | ||
===The French Brother=== | ===The French Brother=== | ||