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  "title": "SoftBank issues $11.1 billion in bonds in OpenAI financing push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/softbank-issues-11-1-billion-in-bonds-in-openai-financing-push-9480618",
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  "published": "2026-09-24T03:27:30.000Z",
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  "summary": "TOKYO: Tech investor SoftBank Group has issued $11.1 billion in dollar- and euro-denominated bonds, set to be the largest high-yield bond sale on record by an Asia-Pacific issuer as it seeks to fund its mammoth bet on OpenAI. The funding comes on top of a 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion) bond issue aimed at retail investors this month, and is likely to prompt further scrutiny of SoftBank’s finances,…",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "SoftBank issues $11.1 billion in bonds in OpenAI financing push",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/softbank-issues-11-1-billion-in-bonds-in-openai-financing-push",
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        "title": "SoftBank issues $11.1 billion in bonds in OpenAI financing push",
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        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "SoftBank issues $11.1 billion in bonds in OpenAI financing push",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/softbank-issues-11-1-billion-in-bonds-in-openai-financing-push-9471400",
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