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2026-09-22 · Semafor · Economy/Business

Paramount readies debt for Warner Bros. deal

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2026-09-24 · Semafor · Economy/Business

US Treasury yields hit highest level since 2007

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2026-11-03 · Semafor · Technology

Tech companies rummage for cash to fund the AI buildout

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2026-10-15 · Semafor · Economy/Business

The cost of insuring against AI company defaults spikes

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2026-11-02 · Semafor · Economy/Business

Blackstone-backed data center operator tests AI debt fears

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2026-10-30 · Semafor · Economy/Business

Microsoft reaps the benefits of protecting its AAA credit rating

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2026-09-22 · Semafor

🔮 Now that Paramount reached an agreement with state attorneys general to close its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, all eyes are on the $49 billion of mostly loans and bonds, nearly all of it expected to be rated investment-grade, that Paramount’s bankers will put together in the coming weeks. assertive

2026-09-24 · Semafor

🔮 The higher yields could become a boon to some private credit lenders like Apollo or Blackstone: Direct lenders tend to benefit from volatility in other markets, offering a steady helping hand when others retreat. assertive

2026-09-29 · Semafor

🔮 Investors pulled out of software services companies earlier this year fearing that agentic artificial intelligence, which can code bespoke programs, would render the companies obsolete. assertive

2026-10-07 · Semafor

🔮 In other words, the lawsuits claim, fund managers are charging fees based on interest they may never collect. assertive

2026-10-15 · Semafor

🔮 Investors are piling into the insurance contracts as anxiety grows over the huge amount of capital it will take to scale up artificial intelligence and how quickly the revenue will materialize to support it. assertive

2026-10-30 · Semafor

🔮 SpaceX, rated three rungs lower than Microsoft at BBB, will pay as much as 8.75% for its $40 billion haul this week, and neocloud CoreWeave’s bonds, deep in junk-rated territory, have traded at yields above 15%. assertive