Coming into the month of May one mighthave felt that the usual acceleration intothe summer as we’ve seen in previousyears has been somewhat slower, withglobal markets on the decline and the ‘R’word (‘recession’, or ‘banana’ as DavidRubenstein recalled this week) beingused more frequently. That said, therewas plenty of news in our ever-growingsector, and we’ve been looking forwardto unpacking it for our readers.