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What’s trending
1 | Abu Dhabi wants an open relationship with FinTechs and Banks    MENA 
2 | Facebook’s getting sloppy    INTL 
3 | In the case of MSCHF vs. Nike    INTL 
4 | Apple is a classic man    INTL 
5 | How do you like your chips?    INTL 
 
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What’s trending
1 | Gulf Navigation called and it wants its shares back    MENA 
2 | Spotify wants all *ears* on deck    INTL 
3 | What do the public markets, UFC, and Musk have in common?    INTL 
4 | Things get more "real" for the US Army    INTL 
5 | Who doesn’t want in on electric cars these days?    INTL   
 
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What’s trending
1 | Saudis feeling the zakat    MENA 
2 | Google's cookie jar is empty    INTL 
3 | InMobi plans a big, fat IPO celebration    INTL 
4 | Cash, credit, or crypto?    INTL 
5 | VW did it for the gram    INTL 
 
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What’s trending
1 | Yas Mall gets botched    MENA 
2 | Taaleem sets its price tag    MENA 
3 | Visa embraces USD Coin    INTL 
4 | Oxford Nanopore fights for the London IPO spotlight    INTL 
5 | GogoX wants its own IPO action too    INTL   
 
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What’s trending
1 | Murban crude futures on the market at ADX    MENA 
2 | A single client has cost Nomura $2b    INTL 
3 | BlackRock and Vanguard make Captain Planet proud    INTL 
4 | Deliveroo gets a $1.3b shave    INTL 
5 | Cazoo drives off to the SPAC races with a $8b valuation    INTL   
 
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What’s trending
1 | Tadawul wants more action!    MENA 
2 | Iraq and Total consider becoming friends-with-oil-benefits    MENA 
3 | China has beef with H&M    INTL 
4 | There was a hearing party and Facebook, Google, and Twitter were all invited    INTL 
5 | Slide into my Slack DMs… or not!    INTL 
 
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What’s trending
1 | Get that boat off the Suez Canal!    MENA 
2 | WFH — a blessing in disguise for banks’ branch ops?    INTL 
3 | From East to West, Evergrande to IPO in the US    INTL 
4 | Fidelity is next to enable bitcoin craze    INTL 
5 | Skol to ACQ!    INTL   
 
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What’s trending
1 | Abu Dhabi Aviation Co expands chopper ops    MENA 
2 | Just in time for summer holidays, Frontier Airlines goes public    INTL 
3 | We called it! Another SoftBank company IPOs    INTL 
4 | The wheels on the truck go IPO    INTL 
5 | Our fourth IPO story for the day! This one goes out to AvidXchange    INTL 
 
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What’s trending
1 | Tristar to shine on DFM for $160m    MENA 
2 | Abu Dhabi players want in on the messaging platform games, targeting Telegram    MENA 
3 | Microsoft also ups its messaging platform game, shelling out $10b for Discord    INTL 
4 | Peloton wants to influence the clothes you wear to your workouts    INTL 
5 | "When you know, you know" - WeWork to SPAC deal    INTL   
 
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What’s trending
1 | Operation 300b    MENA 
2 | SoftBank’s largest investment going for $62b    INTL 
3 | MobiKwik goes public in Mumbai    INTL 
4 | Yanolja travels beyond Seoul for dual IPO listing    INTL 
5 | Visa’s on the Justice Department’s naughty list    INTL 
 
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