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2026-09-22 · Semafor · Economy/Business

Paramount readies debt for Warner Bros. deal

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2026-09-24 · Semafor · Economy/Business

US Treasury yields hit highest level since 2007

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2026-09-29 · Semafor · Economy/Business

Thoma Bravo finds the SaaSpocalypse hasn’t killed off all the deals

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2026-09-22 · Semafor

🔮 Now that Paramount reached an agreement with state attorneys general to close its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, all eyes are on the $49 billion of mostly loans and bonds, nearly all of it expected to be rated investment-grade, that Paramount’s bankers will put together in the coming weeks. assertive

2026-09-24 · Semafor

🔮 The higher yields could become a boon to some private credit lenders like Apollo or Blackstone: Direct lenders tend to benefit from volatility in other markets, offering a steady helping hand when others retreat. assertive

2026-09-29 · Semafor

🔮 Investors pulled out of software services companies earlier this year fearing that agentic artificial intelligence, which can code bespoke programs, would render the companies obsolete. assertive