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What’s trending
1 | Home is where the heart is    MENA 
2 | Got the morning Bulletin?    INTL 
3 | Amazon makes a podcast purchase    INTL 
4 | LinkedIn has been attacked    INTL 
5 | 285K problems    INTL 

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Here’s your daily download in less than 5-minutes; less time than it takes Facebook to become a trillion-dollar company.

What’s trending
1 | Two for company    MENA 
2 | Etsy books a seat to Brazil    INTL 
3 | Financial services firms can go public too, you know    INTL 
4 | When learning languages can be worth billions    INTL 
5 | And when healthy snacks can also rack in those billions    INTL   

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Here’s your daily download in less than 5-minutes; less time than it takes Robinhood to IPO (due to prolonged regulatory review).

What’s trending
1 | Demonized in China, celebrated in MENA    MENA 
2 | Pieces of Tanmiah Food are up for grabs    MENA 
3 | Carousell proves marketplaces’ billion-dollar popularity    INTL 
4 | SentinelOne is getting greedy for billions    INTL 
5 | J&J will have to cough up $263m to settle claims    INTL 

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What’s trending
1 | Past the trillion-dirham mark    MENA 
2 | The cookie jar has been put out of reach    INTL 
3 | One ticket to outer space on the next Virgin Galactic flight, please    INTL 
4 | Someone’s been buying a bunch of Metcons and Air Jordans    INTL 
5 | Embarking on the latest billion-dollar SPAC    INTL   

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Here’s your daily download in less than 5-minutes; less time than it takes Gates Foundation to replace Buffett as trustee.

What’s trending
1 | Arkan pays homage to the Man of Steel    MENA 
2 | You can buy that on WhatsApp    INTL 
3 | Confluent goes public like a rockstar    INTL 
4 | Visa really, really wants a piece of Open Banking    INTL 
5 | EA and Playdemic show sportsmanship    INTL 

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Here’s your daily download in less than 5-minutes; less time than it takes Chinese robotaxi WeRide to bag over $600m in five months.

What’s trending
1 | Saudi gets down to business with digital banks    MENA 
2 | Nubank’s muito grande IPO    INTL 
3 | How much for that bucket of wings?    INTL 
4 | A pear-shaped SPAC    INTL 
5 | Beep, Beep, IPO!    INTL   

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Here’s your daily download in less than 5-minutes; less time than it takes Uber to acquire the remaining interest in grocery delivery startup Cornershop.

What’s trending
1 | Debt financing? Tabby’d tap that    MENA 
2 | Confessions of IPO junkies    INTL 
3 | What do Netflix, Indiana Jones, and ET have in common?    INTL 
4 | A win for Big Tech    INTL 
5 | Hyundai put a ring on it    INTL 

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What’s up in the markets
1 | Gimme, gimme (30%)    MENA 
2 | Batelco wants to be here, and there, and everywhere    MENA 
3 | China’s just had enough of crypto    INTL 
4 | Apple, how do you plead?    INTL 
5 | WeWork’s trying to win your trust again    INTL   

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Here’s your daily download in less than 5-minutes; less time than it takes David Guetta to sell his catalogue of music for $100m.

What’s up in the markets
1 | Aramco’s hella large pipeline deal    MENA 
2 | ByteDance’s rockin’ revenue growth    INTL 
3 | Ah so that’s what Facebook wants to do with its VR investments    INTL 
4 | Victoria’s Secret clips its Angels’ wings    INTL 
5 | Your next portfolio recommendation will come sprinkled with nutmeg    INTL 

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Here’s your daily download in less than 5-minutes; less time than it takes Toyota shares to hit a record high despite the Great Chip Shortage!

What’s up in the markets
1 | Julphar says “bye bye bye”    MENA 
2 | More bond listings on Nasdaq Dubai - must be Groundhog Day!    MENA 
3 | Got Somethin' Else to say?    INTL 
4 | IPO-wise    INTL 
5 | Fast-FWD to IPO Land    INTL   

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