Year-over-year, shares of parent company Inditex, which also owns the brands Massimo Dutti, Bershka, and Pull and Bear, rose 50%.

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Unlike some of its European counterparts, Inditex - which also owns brands Massimo Dutti, Bershka and Pull and Bear - has seen impressive results in recent years.

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According to reports, clients were desperately trying to pull assets out of Bear on Friday.

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The Oracle team, like Artemis on Thursday, had failed to pull off the tricky bear-away move, said Mr. Spithill, the Oracle team skipper.

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Bear with me because it takes a little while to pull all the threads together, but it's worth it, I promise.

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