Global marketsUpdated November 8

US dealmaking surges as antitrust enforcement eases.

Bloomberg says major deals had become difficult to pull off, but Donald Trump’s return to the White House changed the political calculus and revived companies’ appetite for them. The Information links the wider rush to relaxed US antitrust enforcement under the Trump administration, and says companies have two more years to get deals done before the climate could change. That is the report’s framing, not a guaranteed policy deadline. Dealogic data cited by The Information puts announced deals at $2.6 trillion so far this year, 66% above the same point last year. The rush spans tech and other sectors; Bloomberg’s shorthand is that corporate America is on the clock.

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