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17 August 2026

Google prepares for $5b Kangaroo bond as AI race comes to Australia

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Google prepares for $5b Kangaroo bond as AI race comes to Australia

The raising from Alphabet, the owner of the search engine and artificial intelligence platform Gemini, could be the biggest debt transaction ever.

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