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Green light for Microsoft: Activision Blizzard acquisition to proceed as FTC hurdles clear
The FTC's case against Microsoft has reached its conclusion, presumably removing the final obstacle preventing the U.S. corporation from finalizing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Forbes1y
The FTC Gets Steamrolled Again, Can’t Pause The Microsoft Activision Deal Before Appeal
and you can also admit that they made an absolutely terrible case to try and stop the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. The Federal Trade Commission failed to land an ...
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What the FTC v. Microsoft trial uncovered about the video game industry
The five-day U.S. Federal Trade Commission hearing regarding Microsoft's pending acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard has wrapped but not before the trial exposed some closely ...
BGR1mon
FTC ‘likely’ to file antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard could be heading to court. As reported ...
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Judge denies FTC injunction request in Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard [Update 2]
A federal judge in San Francisco has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard ...
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Microsoft wins FTC case to acquire Activision Blizzard
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King is now poised to go through, following the company’s win today in the FTC’s case against the deal. A California judge ruled that Microsoft would be ...
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FTC Dings Microsoft Over Activision Blizzard Layoffs in Court
(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.’s plans to cut 1,900 jobs from its video game division contradict statements the company made to a US court that it would operate the newly acquired Activision ...
Time to settle up? The new administration and the tech cases
The Trump administration is expected to adopt a measured approach to antitrust enforcement, balancing the need to enforce the ...
Windows Report6d
The Man Behind Microsoft’s $68.7 Billion Activision Deal Is Moving On
Chris Young, Microsoft’s head of business development, is stepping down after four years with the company. Known for his ...
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FTC 'likely' to block Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard
Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard might not go through after all. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is ‘likely’ to block Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of games giant Activision Blizzard, ...
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FTC: Microsoft's ZeniMax deal is evidence against Activision merger
Based on that precedent, the FTC says Microsoft could take the same route with Activision-Blizzard games, despite the company's ongoing efforts to secure 10-year commitments for Call of Duty on ...