Energy Prices Help Dealmakers Find a Pocket of Positives at Gulf Summit

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Hi, it’s Ruth reporting from the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, where the music still seems to be playing for dealmakers. Elsewhere, we have the return of the listing gong in Hong Kong, and US senators weighing in on the sale of a baby formula maker.

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Coming from Europe, where the market for IPOs is comatose and the outlook for M&A and fundraisings is darkening, a few days in Qatar have provided quite a change of mood.