The $13bn merger will create a new force in the world of specialist financial market data
Introduction of smartphone payment service ramps up competition with Apple Pay
The two companies hope to create new products to challenge Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters
Lead adviser on $13bn deal with Markit shows rising presence of ‘kiosk’ challengers
Canadian has built business by consolidating assets that serve niche parts of financial markets
Consolidation among banks and exchanges makes this logical
The merger is the latest in a flurry of transactions in financial information and data analytics
Tech veteran turned around IHS
Combination of the City prices group and US-based IHS has a defensive look
IHS and Helios Towers Nigeria in continental network deal
Dong Ping joins with start-up Mubi two years after $800m sale of production company to Alibaba
Third-largest US oil producer completes withdrawal with sale of stake in venture with Rosneft
Domestic producers to compete for foreign markets for first time since 1970s oil embargoes
Cartel members all but abandon official production target
IHS analyst report predicts Japanese group’s PlayStation platform gives it edge in $1bn market
Producers face austerity as well as battles over budget and debt, writes Daniel Yergin
US oil benchmark set for worst month since 2008
Global investors invited to take a punt on Beijing’s land-reclamation efforts
Contentious hydraulic fracturing promises new global oil boom from China to South America
Stable political climate boosts international interest in continent from private equity
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