Amazon to raise $14-billion in record-setting Canadian corporate bond offering

Amazon.com Inc. has overtaken Alphabet Inc. with a larger Canadian dollar-denominated corporate bond offering, less than a month after Alphabet set the prior record. The article is primarily a financing-market update rather than an operating or earnings development, indicating active issuance appetite among large U.S. technology companies. Market impact appears limited and largely confined to credit markets.

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Amazon.com Inc. has overtaken Alphabet Inc. with a larger Canadian dollar-denominated corporate bond offering, less than a month after Alphabet set the prior record. The article is primarily a financing-market update rather than an operating or earnings development, indicating active issuance appetite among large U.S. technology companies. Market impact appears limited and largely confined to credit markets.