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Alphabet’s C$8.5 Billion Megadeal Surprises the Canadian Bond Market

Plus: EQB-Loblaw deal gets government signoff
Photographer: Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg

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Alphabet has entered Canada’s bond market and it’s making a Google-worthy splash — raising C$8.5 billion ($6.2 billion) in the biggest loonie-denominated debt deal on record.