The parent companies of two significant suppliers of information to the supply chain are merging in the biggest U.S. corporate combination of 2020.
S&P Global and IHS Markit are merging in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $44 billion, the companies announced Monday morning. It is not a merger of equals: The resulting company will be called S&P Global, current S&P Global CEO Douglas Peterson will head the combined entity and existing S&P Global shareholders will own more than two-thirds...