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  "id": 3433721,
  "title": "SoftBank Mulls Up to $20 Billion Bond Sale for OpenAI Financing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/softbank-mulls-up-to-20-billion-bond-sale-for-openai-financing-3433721",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-26T04:55:51.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-26/softbank-mulls-up-to-20-billion-bond-sale-for-openai-financing"
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  "summary": "SoftBank Group Corp. is talking with investment banks about a potential $10 billion to $20 billion bond offering to help refinance a loan for its investment in US tech giant OpenAI, according to people familiar with the matter.",
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "SoftBank weighs up to $20 bln bond sale to refinance OpenAI loan - Bloomberg",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/softbank-weighs-up-to-20-bln-bond-sale-to-refinance-openai-loan",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:20:04.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "SoftBank mulls up to $20 billion bond sale for OpenAI financing, Bloomberg News reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/softbank-mulls-up-to-20-billion-bond-sale-for-openai-financing",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:26:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "SoftBank mulls up to $20 billion bond sale for OpenAI financing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/softbank-mulls-up-to-20-billion-bond-sale-for-openai-financing-3439384",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:45:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "SoftBank mulls over $25 billion bond sale for OpenAI financing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/softbank-mulls-over-25-billion-bond-sale-for-openai-financing",
        "published": "2026-08-26T06:30:00.000Z"
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  "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."
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