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First Read begins the day with news that China is considering investing up to $10 billion in Aramco's IPO, HP confirms it received an offer from Xerox, and the DOJ charges two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia.

First Read kicks off the day with news that Boeing's CEO is taking a massive pay cut, Walgreens Boots is exploring a potential take-private deal, and SoftBank is taking a $4.6 billion hit from WeWork.

First Read begins the day with news that McDonald's HR head leaves after CEO exits, Apple commits $2.5 billion to address California's housing crisis and homelessness, and dozens of companies in SoftBank's Vision fund have struggled lately

First Read begins the week with news that the U.S. added 128,000 jobs in October, Google is buying Fitbit for $2.1 billion, and Steve Easterbrook is out as McDonald's CEO and president.

Secondaries club deals help disperse risk, Pensions stay quiet on political issues

First Read closes out the week with news that Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot owner announce $48 bln merger, Altria cuts value of Juul stake by $4.5 bln and ex-President Obama decries fake 'wokeness' online culture.

Emerging manager fundraising sluggish, but May River should be oversubscribed

First Read ushers in the day with news that Sony is shutting down PlayStation Vue live TV service, Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the third time this year and snarky sports site Deadspin, backed by private equity, has mass exodus of reporters.

Compensation spikes across PE as fundraising nears record level, Ex-Lariat Partner re-activates independent sponsor shop

First Read kicks off the day with news that Juul appoints a new CFO amid a management shake-up, Fiat Chrysler and PSA are in talks to merge and WhatsApp sues NSO Group in federal court.