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Since January Meta, Nvidia and Oracle have launched individual bond offerings worth $25bn apiece to fund their AI ambitions, which is more than any of them has ever raised in equity, reports the Wall Street Journal

Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, July 13th, 2026

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