Catherine Badour

Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said the initial public offering of the state-oil producer will “certainly” happen when the conditions are right.

German business software company SAP (SAPG.DE) has agreed to buy Qualtrics International for $8 billion in cash, pre-empting a planned stock market listing by the U.S.-based company which specializes in tracking online sentiment.

Private equity firm Veritas Capital and hedge fund Elliott Management have agreed to acquire U.S. healthcare software maker Athenahealth Inc (ATHN.O) for $5.5 billion in cash, Reuters reported.

U.S. cannabis retailer Harvest Enterprises Inc is set to raise $230 million (C$303 million) in a deal that would value the company at about $1.5 billion when it goes public in Toronto as early as next week, sources told Reuters.

SoftBank’s (9984.T) Vision Fund is raising $4 billion in debt to help finance acquisitions and has hired Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and Mizuho (8411.T) to work on the deal, a presentation seen by Reuters said.

German drugmaker Stada and Italian healthcare company Angelini are the only industry players to be shortlisted to make final bids for Bristol-Myers Squibb’s French over-the-counter drugs business, sources told Reuters.

Buyout firm Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) and privately held LLOG Exploration Company are working with an investment bank to sell their Gulf of Mexico oil exploration joint venture for more than $2 billion, sources told Reuters.

Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp, known as SpaceX, is looking to line up a $750 million leveraged loan, sources told Reuters

EQT’s owners have invited investment banks to pitch to take the Swedish private equity firm public following a strategic review, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC has approached Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) to express interest in acquiring the Norton antivirus software maker, sources told Reuters.