U.S. IPOs Are Starting to Show Signs of Life: Bloomberg Deals

Happy Monday. It’s Lizzie here in New York. Today we’re looking at a potential thaw in 2022’s chilly IPO markets, while Spirit Airlines rebuffs an unsolicited bid from JetBlue and another health-care deal percolates in Europe.

Today’s top stories

• Spirit Airlines rejects JetBlue bid, sticks with Frontier.

• Finance’s glitterati, dealmakers and celebrities are at Milken.

• Astorg Partners nears 2.5 billion-euro deal for CordenPharma.

IPO thaw

After a months-long drought in the U.S. IPO market, there’s finally some signs of life. Contact lens maker Bausch + Lomb is scheduled to raise as much as $840 million this week in the biggest corporate ...