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Nearly two years later, FTC drops final challenge to Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard deal
Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard cleared its final U.S. regulatory hurdle as the FTC dropped its ...
FTC drops final challenge to Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard deal
After losing key court fights, the FTC is moving on from its effort to undo the biggest gaming acquisition in history.
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Microsoft Finally Closes In on Activision Deal After Key Approval
The $69 billion video game acquisition is expected to be finalized soon ... said it signed off on the deal after Microsoft agreed to license to a rival a part of Activision’s business associated ...
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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal Clears Final Regulatory Hurdle
The FTC has officially dropped its legal challenge against Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, ...
Los Angeles Times1y
Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard in $69-billion gaming deal
The announcement came after Microsoft cleared a final regulatory hurdle to the deal from Britain’s competition watchdog. The $69-billion purchase of Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard makes ...
Microsoft Ruling Offers an Antitrust Playbook for Vertical Deals
Opinion: Baker Botts' Jody Boudreault explains how the Ninth Circuit's ruling in FTC v. Microsoft Corp. provides a roadmap ...
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Microsoft and Activision extend their deal deadline
“Together with @Activision, we are announcing the extension of our merger agreement to 10/18 to provide ample time to work through the final ... closing, Microsoft announced a deal with the ...
New York Post1y
Microsoft’s $75B deal to buy Activision gets green light after judge denies FTC injunction
Microsoft and Activision cannot complete the merger until they are given the final go-ahead from the CMA ... pocket a handsome sum of money if the deal with Microsoft is consummated.
The Verge1y
Microsoft eyes closing its giant Activision Blizzard deal next week
A final CMA decision is imminent Microsoft and Activision extended their deal deadline to October 18th recently, but if Microsoft is able to close its deal next week then it will bring to a close ...
New York Post1y
Microsoft’s $69B deal for ‘Call of Duty’ maker Activision close to gaining approval
British competition regulators gave preliminary approval Friday to Microsoft’s restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, easing a final global hurdle that paves ...
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Microsoft’s Activision Deal Set to Clear Final UK Hurdle
Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. looks set to clear its final regulatory hurdle ... complete the biggest ever gaming deal. The Competition and Markets ...
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Microsoft-Activision Deal Clears Final Regulatory Hurdle
Microsoft's long awaited deal to buy Activision Blizzard seems to have all but cleared its final regulatory hurdle, with the UK's competition and markets authority saying today that Microsoft's ...