Kristen Schwab
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Can you tell me where the economy will be in one year?
Can you tell me where the economy will be in one year?
Then how about in 100 years?
An impossible task, I know.
Because there's no way of understanding what economic policy will look like, how AI will shape our work, or even whether the companies we work for will still be here.
Because there's no way of understanding what economic policy will look like, how AI will shape our work, or even whether the companies we work for will still be here.
Well, Alphabet is promising it will be around in a century, making tech products and services and also making interest payments on corporate debt.
Well, Alphabet is promising it will be around in a century, making tech products and services and also making interest payments on corporate debt.
The parent company of Google is issuing tens of billions of dollars worth of bonds this week, including some in the UK with a 100-year maturity date.
The parent company of Google is issuing tens of billions of dollars worth of bonds this week, including some in the UK with a 100-year maturity date.
Marketplace's Daniel Ackerman looks into why Alphabet is going so long on its debt and who would actually buy these bonds.