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Opinion: Money Is Easy to Find. Permission Isn’t.
If you wanted to raise money this week, you could. If you wanted someone’s permission, good luck. Start with the money. Anthropic’s IPO book was covered several times\u2026
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Pizza Hut Markets $1 Billion Franchise Bond After Buyout
Pizza Hut is borrowing against its franchise checks. The pizza chain is marketing about $1 billion of bonds backed by the royalties its restaurant owners pay, a first\u2026
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EPR Properties Sells $500 Million of 4.5% Convertible Notes
EPR Properties turned to the convertible market to refinance debt coming due next month, selling $500 million of notes that give buyers a shot at its stock. The\u2026
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Novartis Sells $5.25 Billion of Notes to Repay Avidity Bridge
Novartis AG sold $5.25 billion of bonds to pay down the bank loan behind its biggest recent acquisition, turning short-term deal financing into debt that stretches out more\u2026
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Alphabet’s First Hong Kong, Singapore Bonds Draw $7 Billion
Alphabet Inc. opened two more currencies to fund its AI buildout, and Asian investors put in more than twice what the Google parent was looking for. The company’s\u2026
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KPS to Buy Control of MM Packaging in 2.4 Billion Euro Carve-Out
KPS Capital Partners agreed to buy control of Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG’s consumer-packaging business, carving out the Vienna company’s folding-carton arm at an enterprise value of 2.4 billion euros,\u2026
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Western Union Walks Away From Intermex Deal; Intermex Says No
Western Union Co. pulled out of its deal to buy International Money Express Inc., blaming a single state regulator, and Intermex said the money-transfer giant has no right\u2026
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Torus Raises $500 Million to Put AI Chips Where Power Already Is
Torus, a Utah maker of grid batteries, raised $500 million and is moving into the business of selling AI computing capacity, betting that the fastest way around the\u2026
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Agile Robots Raises $500 Million at $8.5 Billion Valuation
Agile Robots raised $500 million in a round led by SoftBank Group Corp. that values the Munich robot maker at $8.5 billion, giving Europe its most richly valued\u2026
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Anthropic IPO Book Covered Several Times; Australia Offer Opens
Investors are lining up for Anthropic PBC’s stock in numbers that give its bankers room to raise the price. Orders for the initial public offering already cover the\u2026