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What’s trending
1 | Yalla, let’s catch a movie and a bite in Saudi    MENA 
2 | Would TikTok agree that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?    INTL 
3 | Jay-Z is now practically a tech unicorn in human form    INTL 
4 | Automate your meme stock gains with BUZZ    INTL 
5 | One year later, Coursera files to go public    INTL 

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What’s trending
1 | Compass finds its way to the public markets INTL
2 | AppLovin also goes public INTL
3 | Now you can really just grab-and-go in London at an Amazon store INTL
4 | Square is now a full-on bank INTL
5 | UFC and TikTok are game to work together INTL

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What’s trending
1 | The SPAC frenzy makes its way to MENA, and Anghami is the culprit! MENA
2 | Theeb Rent-a-Car to go public the good-old IPO way MENA
3 | Alhokair and ACC want in on e-commerce, and Vogacloset is their ticket in MENA
4 | Move over, Zoom, Microsoft is taking over the future of virtual meetings INTL
5 | Is the cloud industry witnessing herd behavior? INTL

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What’s trending
1 | NCB + Samba = Saudi Arabia banking powerhouse MENA
2 | SpaceX closes $850m in funding MENA
3 | Citing unicorns no big deal next to Zoom’s revenue growth! INTL
4 | Et tu, Volvo? INTL
5 | Did Target hit the bullseye at $28b? INTL

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What’s trending
1 | AMANAT adds Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Center to its portfolio MENA
2 | Saudi British Bank’s employees get lucky as share buyback is approved to fund their incentive program MENA
3 | Trustpilot picks London for its £1b IPO (tally-ho!) INTL
4 | Rocket Lab goes public with a value of $4.1b through (you guessed it) an SPAC merger INTL
5 | KKR’s PropertyGuru goes public via an SPAC deal (also) INTL

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What’s trending
1 | ADCB gets hooked-up with a $308m mortgage portfolio MENA
2 | Soho House takes its exclusive affairs public INTL
3 | You’re gonna regret ghosting Snap INTL
4 | Twitter bets on the subscription model INTL
5 | Take your rap battles off the streets and onto BARS INTL

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What’s trending
1 | Vodafone Egypt invests in e-payments MENA
2 | Vantage Towers to go public for $22b INTL
3 | Coinbase is worth $100b! INTL
4 | LVMH sips on some of Jay-Z’s bubbly INTL
5 | SoftBank finally settles with WeWork co-founder INTL

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What’s trending
1 | Vodafone Egypt invests in e-payments MENA
2 | Vantage Towers to go public for $22b INTL
3 | Coinbase is worth $100b! INTL
4 | LVMH sips on some of Jay-Z’s bubbly INTL
5 | SoftBank finally settles with WeWork co-founder INTL

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What’s trending
1 | Etisalat’s earnings report is out, and it's boasy MENA
2 | Carrefour and IBM play food detective MENA
3 | Spotify is amping up its podcast game INTL
4 | Cybersecurity is on the rise, and Palo Alto Networks has been reaping the benefits INTL
5 | Guess scrapping the Model Y was a big deal INTL

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What’s trending
1 | Aramex objects to $40m lawsuit MENA
2 | Riyadh in the “keep cuts” camp MENA
3 | We’ll soon be toasting Toast’s IPO INTL
4 | Pieces of Porsche hit the market INTL
5 | People’s United being bought for $7b INTL

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