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        <title><![CDATA[Ben Scent - Executive Editor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[McKinsey Partner’s Drone Firm Stake Spurs Conflict Concerns]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/mckinsey-partner-s-drone-startup-stake-spurs-conflict-concerns</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Scent]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:05:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Qatar Sheikh, Amazon Back Robotics Startup Neura]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:56:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mideast Funds Ride China AI Wave to World-Beating IPO Gains]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Gardner Cuesta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:32:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Billionaire Brothers Betting on Syria’s Reconstruction]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Al-Khayyat brothers have businesses present in many elements of Qatari life and are now poised to play a leading role in rebuilding their homeland.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Bartenstein]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Brothers Ramez Al-Khayyat, left, and Moutaz Al-Khayyat are naturalized Qataris originally hailing from Syria.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[London’s IPO Fortunes Brighten After Year-End Deals Rebound]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Scent]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:19:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Little-Known Abu Dhabi Fund Backing Paramount’s Hostile Bid for Warner Bros.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[L’imad of Abu Dhabi is among the backers of Paramount Skydance’s play for Warner Bros. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-09/the-little-known-abu-dhabi-fund-backing-paramount-s-hostile-bid-for-warner-bros</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:34:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paramount’s Bid for Warner Bros. Features Obscure Abu Dhabi Firm]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:08:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi Fund Tripled Bitcoin Bet in Months Before Crypto Crash]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-19/abu-dhabi-fund-tripled-bitcoin-bet-in-months-before-crypto-crash</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:06:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sovereign Wealth Funds Drive Biggest Deals in $3.5 Trillion M&A Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:07:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Should Be Concerned About ‘Relentless’ M&A Wave, Top Broker Warns]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-02/uk-should-be-concerned-about-relentless-m-a-wave-peel-hunt</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:29:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[London's Listings Slide Puts It Behind Mexico, Oman]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[London Drops Out of Top 20 IPO Markets After Falling Behind Mexico]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:43:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Reforms Drive Mecca Developer to Near 60% Post-IPO Gain]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Gardner Cuesta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:55:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Centerview Leads Kraft Heinz Breakup a Decade After Megamerger]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Scent]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:18:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dealmakers Top $1 Trillion in M&A With Busiest August Since 2021]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fareed Sahloul]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:15:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Night Vision Goggle-Maker Becomes Billionaire in Europe’s Defense Push]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin Stupples]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:06:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ambitious Smaller Companies Hunt Big Prey as Bold M&A Returns]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-31/ambitious-smaller-companies-hunt-big-prey-as-bold-m-a-returns</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pamela Barbaglia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:30:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Bankers Gear Up for Busiest Christmas M&A Week in Years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:05:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Companies That Spent Billions on M&A Are Now Selling for Peanuts]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Scent]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tiny Frontier Markets Leapfrog London in the IPO Game]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Scent]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:02:09 GMT</pubDate>
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