M&A

• IBM to acquire Confluent for $11B as it seeks to bolster its data offerings TechCrunch 

  
  

• BHP Sells Pilbara Power Stake to BlackRock Unit for $2 Billion Bloomberg

  
  

• Goldman Sachs Names New Japan M&A Heads in Dealmaking Push Bloomberg

  
  

• Novartis Strikes Deal With UK Biotech for Up To $1.7 Billion Bloomberg

  
  

• Hermes Billionaires’ Family Office Quietly Starts New Offshoot Bloomberg

  
  

• Bain Is Said to Mull Selling Tanabe Pharma’s Non-Japanese Assets Bloomberg

  
  

• TotalEnergies Buys 40% Stake in Galp’s Namibia Oil Discovery Bloomberg