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SoftBank raises $11.1 billion in world's biggest high-yield corporate bond sale (opens the original)
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TOKYO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group has raised $11.1 billion in dollar- and euro-denominated bonds in the largest high-yield corporate bond sale globally on record as the tech investment conglomerate seeks to fund its mammoth bet on OpenAI. The deal is the latest example of how AI investments have led to a surge in corporate borrowing this year, adding to major bond sales from large tech firms like Amazon and Alphabet. The funding follows a 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion) bond issue aimed
SoftBank raises $11.1 billion in world's biggest high-yield corporate bond sale - AOL (opens the original)
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TOKYO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group has raised $11.1 billion in dollar- and euro-denominated bonds in the largest high-yield corporate bond sale globally on record as the tech investment conglomerate seeks to fund its mammoth bet on OpenAI. The deal is the latest example of how AI investments have led to a surge in corporate borrowing this year, adding to major bond sales from large tech firms like Amazon and Alphabet. The funding follows a 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion) bond issue aimed at
Japan Inc seeks new hedges for a long era of yen weakness - AOL (opens the original)
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TOKYO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Taku Ueno buys beef from America, olive oil from Spain and tomatoes from Italy to stock his supermarkets south of Tokyo, imports that have more recently become costlier almost by the day as the yen falls relentlessly. The yen has weakened despite currency intervention in 2022, 2024 and 2026, and the exchange rate is still under pressure, even after rare joint U.S.-Japan buying in August and July. Ueno, chief executive of Takara MC, which operates 43 supermarkets, and hi
SoftBank's AI funding plans to face reckoning at earnings (opens the original)
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TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Technology investor SoftBank Group reports first-quarter earnings on Thursday, with analysts focused on how it will fund its ongoing investment in OpenAI and the impact of rising leverage on its balance sheet. SoftBank has become one of the biggest backers of OpenAI and its ability to keep funding its ambitions in artificial intelligence has become a key test for the broader AI investment boom. The finances of AI firms are facing heightened investor scrutiny as financi
After the quake came the blast: Inside Japan's shopping mall disaster (opens the original)
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KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 29 (Reuters) - Workers in a mall in southern Japan described being thrown to the floor or enveloped in a cloud of dust by a massive 7.1-magnitude quake that rattled the building on Tuesday. They were the lucky ones. An hour later, the real disaster struck. Hundreds of shoppers and store employees, quickly ushered by staff to evacuate, watched on in horror as an explosion ripped through the building, exposing the structure's steel beams and catapulting debris across the p
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