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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: Takaichi and the AI trade in focus this week
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a press conference at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on February 9, 2026. Franck Robicho | Anadolu | Getty Images There’s nearly nothing that apparently can’t be deployed as a trading strategy. We have the “TACO” trade, the Fed […]
Read MoreDatabricks completes $5 billion funding round at $134 billion valuation
Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks. Databricks Databricks said Monday it has raised $5 billion in funding and $2 billion in new debt capacity at a $134 billion valuation. The privately held data analytics software company also said that its annualized revenue exceeded $5.4 billion for the January quarter, up 65% year over year, […]
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Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach is stepping down, co-founder Aneel Bhusri to take over
Aneel Bhusri, CEO, Workday, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galucia | CNBC Workday on Monday announced that CEO Carl Eschenbach is stepping down from his role and will be replaced by the company’s co-founder, Aneel Bhusri, effective immediately. Bhusri has previously held a range of leadership roles at […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Oracle, Novo Nordisk, Hims & Hers Health, Kroger and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Oracle — Shares rose 2% after the technology firm received an upgrade to buy from neutral from DA Davidson. ” We believe that a revamped OpenAI will return to its position as Google’s top challenger and with a fresh stack of capital be able to live […]
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