Stock price falls depress values of global brands

<p>Plummeting global stock prices left dotcoms and tech companies </p><p>suffering the greatest fall in brand value since July last year. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>A BusinessWeek and Interbrand report ranking 100 global brands also </p><p>found that while Coca-Cola continued to lose brand value from last year, </p><p>it increased its lead as the world's most valuable brand. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>An aggressive global roll-out gave Starbucks a 32 per cent value </p><p>hike. Ford suffered a 17 per cent brand value loss because of the </p><p>Firestone fiasco, while BMW ranked amongst the top 10 in growing brand </p><p>value. As expected, tech companies such as Intel and Hewlett-Packard saw </p><p>the greatest losses in value, while AOL's Time Warner merger helped it </p><p>buck the downturn. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>