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        <title><![CDATA[Laura Benitez - Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Car Salesman Says That Andrew Left’s Short Reports ‘Scared’ Him]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 18:48:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Epstein’s Web of Influence]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How the notorious sex offender built a sprawling international network of the rich and powerful.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apollo Has New Vehicle to Bundle Debt Evoking CDO Comeback]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:32:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Short-Seller Left Didn’t Make ‘Sense,’ Cronos CEO Testifies]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:42:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pimco Scorns Daily Marks on Private Assets That Apollo Heralded]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:06:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apollo, Blackstone Weigh $35 Billion Financing for Broadcom]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Silas Brown]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 17:22:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Broadcom Inc. headquarters in San Jose, California, US, on Monday, June 2, 2025. Broadcom Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on June 5.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apollo Is Emerging as the Early Winner From Private Credit Panic]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 17:08:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran War Tests Wall Street Firms’ Addiction to Mideast Money]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:39:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SoftBank Cuts Target for OpenAI Margin Loan by 40% to $6 Billion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kari Soo Lindberg]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 07:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apollo to Start Reporting Daily Prices for Private Markets]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:10:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apollo Sees Assets Top $1 Trillion for the First Time Ever]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 10:30:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apollo Raises $6.5 Billion for Hybrid Debt-Equity Strategy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meta Taps Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan for New Data Center Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Silas Brown]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ares Sticking to New Wealth Targets Despite Credit Jitters]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 17:23:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ares Earnings Miss Estimates Despite Record Fundraising Haul]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 10:11:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ares Slashes Value of Three Clearlake-Owned Software Companies]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Davide Scigliuzzo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:50:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Mike Arougheti, chief executive officer of Ares Management Corp., during the Bloomberg Invest event in New York, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. The conference brings together the most influential voices across asset management, banking, private capital and wealth.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ares Fund Prepares for Tough Conversations With Software Firms]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:06:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SoftBank Seeks $10 Billion Loan Backed by OpenAI Shares]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:31:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Credit Funds Face More Pressure as Banks Swap Collateral]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:18:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pimco Buys All $400 Million of Bonds Sold by Blue Owl BDC]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Fishlow]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
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