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Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portrait sells for USD 195 mn + Would martians accept BTC?
Andy Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe broke auction records for American art after selling for USD 195 mn in an…
Aramco is close to eclipsing Apple as the world’s most valuable company
Saudi oil giant Aramco is close to taking Apple’s crown as the world’s most valuable company, Bloomberg reports. Aramco briefly…
CI Capital appoints new CEO of brokerage arm + Abu Qir Fertilizers appoints Alpha Oryx reps to BoD
CI Capital has named Chahir Hosni (LinkedIn) the CEO and managing director of its brokerage business, it said in a…
Paymob closes USD 50 mn series B round, wants to enter GCC this year
Paymob closes Egypt’s largest ever fintech series B round: Fintech startup Paymob raised USD 50 mn in a series B…
Can gene editing help prevent heart attacks? + Covid-19 antiviral pills are still sparce in low and middle-income countries
Can gene editing help prevent heart attacks? Google Ventures-backed biotech player Verve Therapeutics claims to be “on the cusp” of…
Emerging-market investors are in “sell everything” mode
Emerging-market investors are in “sell everything” mode: Not even value stocks are safe in emerging markets right now as investors…
THIS MORNING: A big economic announcement from Madbouly today? Also: Foreign reserves were largely stable month-on-month in March
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to a news day that is all about what the fallout from Vladimir Putin’s war…
What Planet Startup thinks of upcoming regulations that could make it easier to raise capital as a startup and deploy funds here as a VC
Never underestimate how important “boring-but-important stuff” can be if you’re trying to raise money to get a new business off…
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