SoftBank pays 9.75 per cent to borrow as the OpenAI bill comes due
The $11.1 billion bond sale is the largest high-yield corporate issue on record, and it exists to fund a single $10 billion payment falling due on 1 October.
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Sensex sheds 1,247 points as bond yields, crude and an insurance rule hit at once
The Nifty 50 closed 1.64 per cent lower and financial stocks took the heaviest losses after the insurance regulator proposed capping what insurers and distributors can earn.
Paramount cleared a $110 billion Warner Bros deal by settling with 12 states
California-led attorneys general dropped their block after film-output quotas, a $1.5 billion domestic production pledge, a $47.5 million worker fund, and a news independence board for CNN and CBS.
ADIA's Platinum Jasmine was set to sell 1.7%. The tape printed ₹2,468 crore instead.
Lenskart's third big secondary in a month: floor price ₹682.45, actual blocks near ₹688, SoftBank's August exit still hanging over the float, and a stock that is still up more than half in 2026.
Foreign investors pulled Rs 23,676 crore out of Indian stocks in 19 days
September selling has undone the Rs 11,045 crore and Rs 10,231 crore that arrived across July and August, with financials sold hardest and healthcare still drawing foreign money.
SoftBank just priced a ¥1 trillion retail bond at 4.75%
SoftBank Group set terms for a seven-year ¥1 trillion Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Bond aimed at individual investors, with a 4.75% coupon — well above this year’s retail yen average.