October 19, 2021
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Deutsche Bank discards plans for U.S. digital bank; HSBC restructures investment banking arm; Couple stages engagement photos to look like a murder scene; and more.
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$$$HSBC Restructures Investment Banking Arm [WSJ]

$$$Yellen: Jobs Data Raise Questions on Economic Outlook [WSJ]

$$$Deutsche Bank discards plans for U.S. digital bank -memo [Reuters]

$$$The hedge fund industry needs a makeover [FT / Mary Childs]

$$$Couple So Over Engagement Photos They Staged Theirs to Look Like a Murder [NYM via Matt Levine]

$$$Pound Tumbles After Polls Show Brexit Gaining Momentum [Bloomberg]

$$$Libor-Rigging at Deutsche Bank May Be Harder to Prove [Dealbook]

$$$Is the jetpack movement finally taking off? [WSJ]

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