By Rachel Lerman Seattle startup PitchBook Data has been bought by investment-research firm Morningstar (NASDAQ: MORN) for about $180 million. Morningstar, a public company, announced the news Friday morning. The deal values 9-year-old PitchBook…
By Cliff Rudolph The year 2015 set a record for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity with more than $2.1 trillion in deals reported in the United States. Melissa Crowe of the Puget…