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        <title><![CDATA[Matthew Martin - Former Bureau Chief]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hedge Fund King Street Seeks Saudi Arabia License]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-11/hedge-fund-king-street-is-said-to-seek-saudi-arabia-license</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hema Parmar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia's Hurdles at Home Are Reshaping the Mideast Financial Order]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bankers and business leaders are shifting more attention toward the kingdom’s neighbors in the Gulf as it grapples with lower oil prices and weakening finances.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-06-02/saudi-arabia-on-back-foot-as-wall-street-shifts-focus-to-uae-qatar</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Saudi Arabia needs to bring in foreign capital to continue spending.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Wealth Fund Is Said to Explore Tech Unit’s IPO]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-29/saudi-arabia-s-wealth-fund-pif-said-to-explore-tech-unit-site-ipo</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Gardner Cuesta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 13:51:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Mega Neom Hydrogen Project Faces Demand Risk]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/saudi-arabia-s-neom-hydrogen-project-faces-uncertainty-over-demand</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Verity Ratcliffe]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 07:11:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[One of World’s Richest Nations Wants a Wall Street of Its Own]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/qatar-dangles-perks-in-bid-to-build-a-wall-street-of-its-own</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Gardner Cuesta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 16:58:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Equity Is Troubled, $1 Trillion Kuwait Fund’s Boss Warns]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/-1-trillion-kuwait-fund-kia-boss-sounds-warning-on-private-equity</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dinesh Nair]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 07:40:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goldman and UBS Lead Wall Street’s Latest Push Into Middle East]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/goldman-and-ubs-lead-wall-street-s-latest-push-into-middle-east</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Gardner Cuesta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 16:25:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Buildings in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) ahead of the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Qatar Economic Forum, set to start on Tuesday, will feature top executives from around the world and key names from Trump&apos;s orbit, including his son Eric and Tesla&apos;s Elon Musk.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[JPMorgan to Add More Than 100 Staffers in Mideast Hiring Spree]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/jpmorgan-to-add-more-than-100-staffers-in-mideast-hiring-spree</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 10:36:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Mary Callahan Erdoes at QEF in Doha. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Sabic Said to Explore IPO of Industrial Gas Unit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-18/saudi-arabia-s-sabic-is-said-to-explore-ipo-of-its-gas-business</link>
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            <category><![CDATA[markets]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Gardner Cuesta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 07:37:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Qatar’s Wealth Fund Plans $500 Billion US Push Over 10 Years]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/qatar-s-wealth-fund-plans-500-billion-us-push-over-next-decade</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona MacDonald]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 16:16:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Donald J. Trump in Doha on May 14. Photographer: Win McNamee/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wall Street’s High-Frequency Traders Are Rushing Into Saudi Arabia]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/saudi-arabia-taps-wall-street-speed-traders-to-boost-its-market</link>
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            <category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anto Antony]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 11:55:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Tthe King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh. Photographer: Tasneem Alsultan/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lucid Would Welcome Saudi Tariffs to Support Carmaking Ambitions]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-14/lucid-would-welcome-saudi-tariffs-to-support-carmaking-ambitions</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Burke]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 11:46:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Lucid Air EV in the US. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US to Boost Saudi AI Chip Access Even as China Issues Linger]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-13/us-to-boost-saudi-access-to-ai-chips-even-as-china-issues-linger</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mackenzie Hawkins]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 10:10:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Faces $2 Trillion Hurdle to Win Money From Saudi Prince]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-13/trump-visits-riyadh-as-mbs-s-trillion-dollar-agenda-shifts-saudi-priorities</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 04:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Jump in Debt Exceeds Even Era of Negative Oil]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/saudi-arabia-debt-levels-jump-most-since-oil-went-negative</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 09:02:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Saudi Aramco oil terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Budget Deficit Soared Even Before Oil’s Slump]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-05/saudi-arabia-s-budget-deficit-soared-even-before-oil-s-slump</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 14:30:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Travis Kalanick’s CloudKitchens Explores IPO Of Middle East Unit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/travis-kalanick-s-saudi-pif-backed-cloudkitchens-explores-ipo-of-mideast-unit</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:11:40 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Travis Kalanick Photographer: Zak Bennett/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[$53 Billion Asset Manager Investcorp Sells US Firm to Kohlberg]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-29/-53-billion-asset-manager-investcorp-sells-us-firm-to-kohlberg</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:14:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PIF’s Sanabil Backs Mideast Tech Startup Planning For Saudi IPO]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-27/pif-s-sanabil-backs-mideast-tech-startup-planning-for-saudi-ipo</link>
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            <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 08:27:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Coffee Chain, Restaurant IPOs Face Consumer Strength Test]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/saudi-coffee-chain-restaurant-ipos-face-consumer-strength-test</link>
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            <category><![CDATA[markets]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Gardner Cuesta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:28:31 GMT</pubDate>
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