{
  "id": 15849270,
  "title": "Morning Briefing Podcast: Trillion-dollar shadow debt / Musk: Make two into one? / Merz courts billions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/morning-briefing-podcast-schattenverschuldung-in-billionenhohe-musk",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-21T04:17:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/audio/podcast-morning-briefing/morning-briefing-podcast-schattenverschuldung-in-billionenhoehe---musk-aus-zwei-mach-eins---merz-wirbt-um-milliarden/100263789.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft, Alphabet and Co. are financing their AI boom with billions that don't appear on any balance sheet. The actual risk is stated in the fine print.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Morning Briefing: Germany is in investor fever",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/morning-briefing-deutschland-ist-im-investoren-fieber",
        "published": "2026-10-19T04:23:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}