Hints and tips:
...Wall Street giant JPMorgan acquired SVB rival First Republic last May and embarked on a hiring spree of commercial bankers catering to the start-up sector, including SVB rainmakers John China and Ashraf...
...Afghan president Ashraf Ghani’s decision to flee the country last month scuppered a last-minute deal with the Taliban designed to keep Kabul out of the Islamists’ hands and negotiate a political transition...
...Abu Dhabi state holding group ADQ has hired Jawad Shafique, previously a KPMG M&A adviser in the Gulf, as a portfolio director, per Reuters....
...I’m here. I’m here for my people and my country. It’s nothing political. I’m so happy I’m here. That’s it.”...
...“I’m in consultation with others to return so that I can continue my efforts for justice.”...
...I’m Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator of the Financial Times....
...“I’m standing there, statue-still.” At home, Qataris danced in the streets of the capital Doha. The backlash began immediately....
...“I’m afraid.”...
...People sometimes have the impression I’m not listening, or I’m not interested in what they are saying, which is not true....
...“I’m grateful to be with my mom but the guilt is crippling when I think about my home, when I think about the fact I’ll never be able to go back to the Kabul I’ve known for so long,” she said....
...“I’m telling men that guardianship is your right.”...
...“I’m absolutely worried that failed states are breeding grounds for those types of people,” he told Sky News....
...Like it or not — I’m in the foreboding camp — our futures will be increasingly dominated by Sino-American rivalry....
...Both through M&A and direct asset transactions, it needs to happen holistically to weed out underperforming assets and players....
...[MUSIC PLAYING] Afghan president Ashraf Ghani fled his country yesterday as the Taliban poured into Kabul....
...“If I’m allowed to go to work, I am sure I will have to wear a burka, which I can no longer tolerate. The world and the US betrayed us.”...
...“I see a lot of change within my generation,” says Ashraf. “But I am also aware that I’m in an [upper middle class] bubble....
...“I voted for Imran Khan in 2018, but I’m never going to vote for him again,” says Mohammed Banaras, the owner aged in his 50s. “Inflation is so high people can’t afford meat....
...The momentum behind M&A is building....
...Ashraf Ghani, the president, has addressed an emergency meeting of parliament calling for national unity at a moment of “critical danger”....
...Meantime, the lack of M&A will be a damper for equity prices. Other clouds hang over the sector....
...“I’m certainly not trying to manipulate his choices – this is a process of buying with him, not for him....
...Ashraf Ghani, the Afghan president, was also expected to attend. “I immediately cancelled the meeting and called off peace negotiations....
...“I’m going to close the café next month and leave the country,” said the part-time photographer. “There’s no more hope for any improvement.”...
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