SoftBank Pays Steep Price to Become Goliath of Junk-Bond Markets
Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group Corp. pushed through one of the largest junk-bond offerings on record, dangling yields above anything it’s paid before in an effort to fund its massive AI ambitions.
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PepsiCo to raise some prices after cuts failed to grow sales
The prices of its chips, in particular, have come into focus after the company lost shelf space because they were too expensive
Trump, Xi Thrust Fierce AI Rivalry Into Spotlight in State Visit
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping addressed their intense competition over artificial intelligence as they kicked off a summit aimed at keeping ties between the world’s largest economies on track.
Trump welcomes Xi to the White House as leaders seek stability despite deep rivalry
Challenges that could reignite tensions include disputes over Taiwan, export controls and AI
AI-Tied Debt Seeing Higher Costs
Lindsay Rosner, Head of Multi Sector Fixed Income investing at Goldman Sachs and Milwood Hobbs, Deputy CIO Strategic Credit Platform at Oaktree Capital speak with Scarlet Fu "Bloomberg Real Yield." They discuss growing AI-related debt and tightening high-yield spreads. (Source: B…
Oracle triggers force majeure on massive ’Project Jupiter’ data center
Microsoft’s Suleyman Says Industry Needs ‘Red Line’ for AI
The software giant’s AI chief also thinks the government should help “drive” the process of evaluating models.
InspireSemi Announces Results of Annual General and Special Meeting and Notice of Hearing of Final Order
VANCOUVER, British Columbia and AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inspire Semiconductor Holdings Inc. (“InspireSemi” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that at its annual general and special meeting of shareholders held on September 24, 2026 (the “Meeting”) a…
Trump, Xi Spotlight AI Rivalry
On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu discusses the Trump-Xi meeting at the White House. On today's show, Democratic Senator Michael Bennet of Colordao, EqualAI CEO Miriam Vogel, Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana. (Sourc…
The U.S. and China are quietly talking AI guardrails—even as Trump publicly rejects them
The U.S. and China just held their first AI dialogue, as Beijing courts the rest of the world with open-source AI.
CEO Interview: Rapid Venture Group
Alex Hijab, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rapid Venture Group (Knowz AI), tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that … The post CEO Interview: Rapid Venture Group appear…