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It's fitting that we're just one week into the last month of 2020, yet it has already been a wild one from a dealmaking perspective.
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Dealmaking in 2020 has $4, but sometimes $4 and talk it through.
That was the case with $4 for IHS Markit. As the deal neared the finish line, senior executives on both sides agreed to meet in person, albeit with some restrictions due to COVID.
$4 took an inside look at how the deal got done, along with the nuance of it being an all-stock bid.
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