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Global corporate bond sales hit $3.7tn in first half on AI funding race

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Boom driven by hyperscalers like Amazon, Oracle starting to widen credit spreads

Big U.S. tech companies are issuing tens of billions of dollars in bonds to fund AI-related projects such as data centers. (Source photos by Getty/Kyodo and Reuters)

TOKYO -- Corporate bond issuance worldwide reached $3.68 trillion in the January-June period for another first-half record as companies vie to fund artificial intelligence investments, though concern about the aggressive borrowing has investors starting to seek higher yields.

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