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1 | Al Maryah Community Bank's dream team    MENA 
2 | Squarespace catches the IPO fever    INTL 
3 | IPO lovin’    INTL 
4 | Cruise’in down the Walmart aisle    INTL 
5 | Google did what?!    INTL 
 
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1 | Silver Lake bets on G42    MENA 
2 | Tristar gets IPO-shy    MENA 
3 | Qatari ownership laws - shaken, not stirred    MENA 
4 | Dell breaks up with VMware but comes out a winner    INTL 
5 | US banks are doing... not too bad at all, actually!    INTL   
 
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1 | Real Estate is back in action!    MENA 
2 | Crypto is going cray cray    INTL 
3 | Spotify killed the radio star    INTL 
4 | Get your Nerf blasters ready to blast Roblox’s shares    INTL 
5 | “Pas de problème” over at LVMH    INTL 
 
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What’s trending
1 | Get ready, set, IPO!    MENA 
2 | What’s worth $19.7b to Microsoft?    INTL 
3 | In other voice-related news, Reddit is next to chase chat features    INTL 
4 | Just in time for the summer, Trip.com plans to go public    INTL 
5 | Hyundai Engineering paves its path to go public    INTL   
 
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What’s trending
1 | Meet Zand, your next bank    MENA 
2 | The US IPO scene is seriously on fire right now    INTL 
3 | Stockholm gets some IPO action too, courtesy of Trustly    INTL 
4 | From Russia (with paperbacked) love    INTL 
5 | And let’s not forget about London town    INTL 
 
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1 | Aramco serves a 12.4b stake for dinner    MENA 
2 | GlobalFoundries all grown up    MENA 
3 | Alibaba slapped on the wrist with a $2.8b fine    INTL 
4 | A $10b valuation? Impossible!    INTL 
5 | “Hey, Siri—”... sorry, we meant, “Hey, Spotify”    INTL   
 
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1 | International Holdings is on a roll    MENA 
2 | And the Academy Awards for Best Producer goes to… Neutrogena!    INTL 
3 | Clubhouse getting acquired already?!    INTL 
4 | BMW and Mercedes have set the bar high    INTL 
5 | Instacart and DoorDash are next to FinTech their way to growth    INTL 
 
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What’s trending
1 | Seafood buffet, anyone?    MENA 
2 | What do Pikachu and the Chevy Silverado have in common?    INTL 
3 | Facebook & Clubhouse dress up as Venmo    INTL 
4 | Honeywell gets some #willpower    INTL 
5 | Baseball cards not just for boomers    INTL   
 
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What’s trending
1 | Stripe builds a crib in Dubai    MENA 
2 | Nuclear plant takeoff in the UAE    MENA 
3 | Robots that SPAC    INTL 
4 | Credit Suisse’s $4.7b casualty    INTL 
5 | GameStop shares? No thanks!    INTL 
 
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1 | Emirates Development Bank makes it rain $8.2b    MENA 
2 | Islamic Development Bank’s DFM homecoming    MENA 
3 | The mobile space just got less competitive    INTL 
4 | The lean, mean banking software machine worth $2b    INTL 
5 | Japan mints its own digital currency    INTL   
 
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