WASHINGTON—Business information provider S&P Global Inc. and IHS Markit Ltd have won U.S. antitrust approval for their planned merger, on condition it sells some businesses and scraps a non-compete agreement with GasBuddy, the Justice Department said in a statement. The $44 billion deal was initially announced in November 2020. To win approval for the deal, the companies agreed to sell three of IHS Markit’s price reporting agency (PRA) businesses. The department said the businesses are: Oil Price Information Services (OPIS); Coals, Metals, and Mining (CMM); and PetrochemWire (PCW). The businesses will be bought by News Corp. under a $1.15 billion deal reached in August. In a court filing, the Justice Department said that S&P Global and IHS are a small number of companies that provide PRA services and “compete vigorously in each of the relevant markets, resulting in lower prices and increased quality and innovation for PRA customers.” One of …