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Tech IPO hype gets drowned out on Wall Street by prospect of $1 trillion in debt sales
AI Age Tech IPO hype gets drowned out on Wall Street by prospect of $1 trillion in debt sales Published Thu, Feb 12 20268:00 AM EST Ari Levy@levynews Jordan Novet@in/jordannovet/ WATCH LIVE Source
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Why Alphabet’s 100-year sterling bond is raising new fears over debt-fuelled AI arms race
Alphabet‘s rare 100-year sterling bond is the latest sign of late-cycle exuberance in credit markets, strategists say, as tech hyperscalers ramp up borrowing to historic levels to fund vast data center and AI infrastructure buildouts. The century bond — the Google-owner’s debut issuance in sterling — is part of a broader multi-tranche, multi-currency borrowing drive […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Better-than-expected U.S. jobs report and AI fears spook markets
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Once again, good data seems to have been bad news for markets. U.S. stocks fell overnight, with the Dow snapping a three-day winning streak, following a better-than-expected […]
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Cisco’s stock drops 7% on mediocre forecast even as earnings and revenue top estimates
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins appears at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2026. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cisco reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, but the stock dropped about 7% in extended trading as earnings guidance for the current period only met estimates. Here’s how the company did […]
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Europe’s answer to OpenAI announces billion-dollar AI infrastructure push in Sweden
French AI startup Mistral said on Wednesday it will invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.43 billion) into digital infrastructure in Sweden, including AI data centers. The announcement comes as Europe scrambles to build out the infrastructure needed to power rapidly developing AI tools, as it seeks to build tech sovereignty amid rising geopolitical tensions. The funds […]
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Anthropic executive takes a thinly-veiled swipe at OpenAI over spending and ads
Anthropic is focused on growing its business rather than making “flashy headlines,” its commercial chief told CNBC in a thinly-veiled swipe at rival OpenAI as the public war of words between the AI giants continues. Anthropic aired ads at Sunday’s Super Bowl taking a dig at OpenAI’s decision to begin testing ads on ChatGPT. OpenAI […]
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Salesforce employees call on CEO Benioff to cancel ICE ‘opportunities’
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff participates in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2026. Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Over 1,400 Salesforce employees have signed a letter calling on CEO Marc Benioff to drop potential business with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, two people […]
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Alphabet boosts debt sale again as total raise exceeds $30 billion, sources say
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet’s debt sale keeps getting bigger. The company is close to finalizing a global bond issuance in excess of $30 billion, according to two […]
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Coca-Cola earnings, Google’s AI risks, Target layoffs and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning. Fresh off his feature in Salesforce’s Super Bowl ad, MrBeast is getting into banking. The YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, said Monday that his company Beast Industries acquired the financial services app Step. Stock futures are little changed […]
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CNBC Daily Open: U.S. markets rise on tech rebound, while ‘Takaichi trade’ lifts Japanese stocks
Traders work on the floor of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. markets closed higher overnight. Big Tech stocks mostly rebounded, with Oracle jumping 9.6% and Microsoft advancing 3.1%. That helped the […]
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