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1 | Is $49b not enough profits if it was a 44% drop?    MENA 
2 | Arabtec objects to bankruptcy    MENA 
3 | What went down (literally) at Facebook this weekend?    INTL 
4 | Coinbase caught red-handed    INTL 
5 | At $308.5m, Apple probably regrets that infringement    INTL
 
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1 | Payments firms get a do-over in the UAE    MENA 
2 | In the changing room with Snap    INTL 
3 | BNY Mellon ups crypto game    INTL 
4 | 2021’s runner-up for China’s biggest US IPO is Tuya    INTL 
5 | Alignment Healthcare is your next public unicorn    INTL 

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What’s trending
1 | Google plays the game of fees    INTL 
2 | Facebook: friend or foe to journalists?    INTL 
3 | Uber stuck in a drivers-with-benefits relationship    INTL 
4 | Will Soul be the Bumble of China?    INTL 
5 | DoubleVerify to go public    INTL   

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What’s trending
1 | Almarai pours cash (and milk!) into Bakemart    MENA 
2 | eToro goes from trader to tradee by going public    INTL 
3 | When personalities want in on SPACs — Sam Altman to raise $1b    INTL 
4 | Sprinklr to also dazzle on the public market soon    INTL 
5 | Huawei gets greedy with its 5G patents    INTL   

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1 | The UAE stock markets get some Mambo number 5    MENA 
2 | Get some AlBilad Diversified SAR Fund fresh on the market    MENA 
3 | Tencent wipes out $62b, just like that    INTL 
4 | DigitalOcean to build more clouds with $5b IPO    INTL 
5 | When the going got tough, Poshmark failed to get going    INTL 

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1 | The breathalyzer expands to Covid-19 testing in Dubai    MENA 
2 | Virgin Orbit joins on the SPAC ship    INTL 
3 | Alibaba’s Megvii goes public for $925m    INTL 
4 | Flutter places bet on FanDuel’s going public    INTL   

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2 | Goldman pledges $10b in support of Black women    INTL 
3 | GameStop is back at it again!    INTL 
4 | No room for luxury in 2020, Rolls-Royce    INTL 
5 | What’s cooking up in Nokia and Samsung’s innovation rooms?    INTL 

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1 | DXB Entertainment and Meraas snuggle up    MENA 
2 | Dropbox puts down a dowry of $165m for DocSend    INTL 
3 | Disney+ now has 100m paying subscribers!    INTL 
4 | If Ant can’t go public yet, its bike-sharing firm will!    INTL 
5 | IonQ heads towards a SPAC for $2b    INTL   

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What’s trending
1 | Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company adds liquidity in Saudi Arabia    MENA 
2 | PayPal drives further down the crypto driveway    INTL 
3 | Olo is the next FinTech unicorn to IPO    INTL 
4 | Is Instacart also going public?    INTL 
5 | McAfee makes $4b from enterprise business    INTL 

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What’s trending
1 | It’s official: the SPAC bug has made its way into MENA’s system thanks to Arrow Capital    MENA 
2 | NADEC and Dava spotted getting cozy    MENA 
3 | Meanwhile, Microsoft and ZeniMax ready to move in together    INTL 
4 | Our third acquisition story for the day, and this time it's marriage! Panasonic acquires Blue Yonder    INTL 
5 | No akhbaraka newsletter is complete without an SPAC announcement, and this time it’s Evolv    INTL   

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