In this week's Bloomberg Intelligence radio show, Director of Market Structure Research Larry Tabb explains why after years of decline, the buyside is hiring brokers. Michael Shah lays out the top pharma M&A targets. Stephen Flynn says why Comcast has the firepower to do a big deal and buybacks. Diana Rosero-Pena shows how Thrive could comfortably hit its $2 billion market cap target in an IPO. Tomasz Noetzel addresses the sanctions overhang for Russian banks in 2022.

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