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  "id": 4058562,
  "title": "Shares of French quantum computing company Pasqal closed up 95% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday following a merger with a SPAC (Emily Forgash/Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/shares-of-french-quantum-computing-company-pasqal-closed-up-95-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T23:15:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-28/quantum-computing-firm-pasqal-jumps-52-in-debut-via-spac-merger"
  },
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  "summary": "Shares of French quantum computing company Pasqal closed up 95% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday. This surge followed a merger with a SPAC, a type of blank-check firm. According to Bloomberg, Pasqal Holding SA soared in its first day of trading after going public in New York via the merger.\n\nThe company made its Nasdaq debut on Friday. No further details on the merger or the company's performance were provided in the reports.\n\nThere was no additional information on Pasqal's current status or future plans in the provided reports. Another company's Nasdaq listing status was reported to be changing, but this was unrelated to Pasqal.",
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        "published": "2026-08-28T21:24:28.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}