S&P Global–IHS Markit post-merger: One giant leap for data analysis?
The combined entity will look to tap into AI tools provided by S&P’s Kensho outfit and AWS’ cloud to build new analytics platforms.

On Christmas Day in 2021, NASA launched the James Webb Telescope, which is the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The aim of the optical telescope is to see infrared light from the time of the universe’s “birth” just after the Big Bang. The project has been described as “one of the most ambitious engineering initiatives ever attempted.”
While not quite on the magnitude of space exploration and understanding, Adam Kansler, president of S&P Global Market Intelligence, likens his company’s
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