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Microsoft’s Activision acquisition expected to secure EU approval

Microsoft’s Activision acquisition expected to secure EU approval

Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision is expected to receive EU antitrust approval, as the tech giant offers licensing deals to rivals to ease concerns. The acquisition, announced in January 2022, is Microsoft's biggest ever and will enable the company to compete with Tencent and Son... Read more

date1 year ago
Microsoft pleads its case to EU for green light to buy Activision

Microsoft pleads its case to EU for green light to buy Activision

Microsoft has to convince antitrust regulators that the deal won't hurt competition. Microsoft President Brad Smith is travelling to Brussels this week to make a very important pitch to European regulators, according to Reuters. His challenge is to convince the antitrust watchdogs from multiple ... Read more

date1 year ago
Trump bans American transactions with TikTok and WeChat

Trump bans American transactions with TikTok and WeChat

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order prohibiting transactions with ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, within 45 days. A similar order also applies to the Chinese chat service WeChat.   The possibility that Chinese authorities can access data from American citizens via ... Read more

date4 years ago