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FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank on Wednesday said that it had hired 50 senior bankers in the origination and advisory

European consumer-goods companies from LVMH to Unilever Plc and British American Tobacco Plc highlighted recent softness in US

By Maiya Keidan It's getting more difficult to land a job in the private equity industry -- unless

Michael Cera's Allan in Barbie has certainly made a mark, with resales of the discontinued doll reaching hundreds of dollars. In the film that broke records over the weekend, "Just Allan" plays a lonesome sidekick who instantly became a hit with viewers. One cinema-goer poignantly shared how Cera's character shows "how outnumbered the Allans of the world are. There was only one of him and thousands of Kens." TikToker Gigi continued: "I feel like that would be how it feels for a nice guy to live in this current world. The guy that is genuine but gets overlooked or questioned because his behaviours seem too good to be true, in a world that's outnumbered by Kens." Well now, Allan dolls are cropping back up years later after being discontinued, with thanks to Barbie no doubt. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter According to TMZ, most Allan dolls were retailing for around $35-$76 last week. Fast forward to this week, and some eBay listings are reaching at least $150. One is even selling at $500. Allan was first released as Ken's best friend back in 1964. His selling point was that he could fit into all of Ken's clothes, according to History. However, he was later discontinued with rumours that he and Ken appeared too close. Allan was later re-released, dropping one 'l' from his name as Alan, and reintroduced as Midge's husband (a pregnant Barbie doll) in the 90s. Cera has since opened up about his character, saying: "Allan is sort of like a person without a group that he belongs to, he’s kind of a loner, in a way." He continued: "I think the joke about that, at least how I interpret it, is that Allan the doll ... didn’t have a very successful run. [He’s] sort of this marginalised person in this world of Kens.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Facing calls to put guardrails on artificial intelligence development, a group of tech companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google

Senator Joe Manchin wants to speed the approval process for high-voltage power lines as he takes another run

The pan-Arab news network Al Jazeera has condemned a recent decision by Egyptian authorities to brand some of its journalists as terrorists

British billionaire Joe Lewis, the owner of the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club in London, has been charged with

Blur don't think they've played a better gig than their recent Wembley Stadium shows.

John Howard's remark come ahead of a historic referendum on Indigenous recognition.

Bayern Munich want to meet with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy again to discuss a deal for Harry Kane.

The United Kingdom's government has been heavily criticized for underestimating Russia's Wagner private military company (PMC) for nearly a decade, despite it posing a major threat to the country's interests, in a report by the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee published Wednesday.