S&P Global Agrees to Buy IHS Markit for About $44 Billion by the WSJ

S&P Global Inc. agreed to acquire IHS Markit Ltd. for about $44 billion, the companies said Monday, a landmark deal that would combine two of the largest providers of data to Wall Street. The all-stock deal, whose price tag includes $4.8 billion of net debt, is the largest of the year by that measure. Read more...

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