Microsoft Said to Discuss Remedies With UK Regulator Over Activision Deal

Seeking Alpha2023-03-02

After the U.K.'s antitrust regulatory agency provisionally ruled that Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) proposed $69B deal to buy Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) would cause a "substantial lessening of ...

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tungleh
2023-03-03
tungleh
Fire up Microsoft "i gonna get this deal if its the last thing I do!"[Anger]
SNeo
2023-03-02
SNeo
[OK]
Sky Tgr
2023-03-02
Sky Tgr
Don't play play ah [Miser] [Surprised]
Andy Fong
2023-03-02
Andy Fong
Ok
YuTC968
2023-03-02
YuTC968
On la ....😂👍

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