AI corporate bonds are booming

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• Why big tech firms are selling billions in bonds — even though they're sitting on cash

  by Henry Epp

  

  Nvidia became the latest tech giant to sell bonds on Monday, offering up $25 billion. Others — Amazon and Alphabet, notably — have also gone to the bond market in recent months.

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• Why does the Fed Chair hold press conferences after every FOMC meeting?

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  Fed Chair Jay Powell held a press conference after every interest rate decision. It wasn’t always done this way.

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• Commercial solar projects face looming federal tax credit deadline

  by Caitlin Tan

  

  Federal tax credits for residential solar panel installation expired at the end of 2025. There’s just a couple of weeks left for most commercial and institutional projects to qualify.

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• This apple farmer in Washington is taking an axe to his trees to save money

  by Kai Ryssdal, Nicholas Guiang and Sean McHenry

  

  As costs continue to rise for businesses owners, they are figuring out ways to save money on the back end.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Fox is buying streaming platform Roku for $22 billion

  by Caleigh Wells

  

  The deal allows Fox to sell advertising on Roku's home page, including for Fox's own content, as well as take a cut of all the subscriptions for channels available on the app.

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• AI wealth is already sending San Francisco real estate soaring

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  A new class of overnight millionaires and billionaires are bidding up San Francisco housing at the fastest rate in the country. And that’s before Anthropic and OpenAI have even gone public.

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