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Microsoft is set to buy Activision Blizzard in a $69 billion deal
Microsoft has received final approval from the UK's CMA to complete the blockbuster acquisition, br…
Kai Xiang Teo
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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick set to receive almost $400 million windfall payout from Microsoft sale after taking a massive pay cut last year amid company scandal
Bobby Kotick will receive at least $390 million after the deal is completed. Most of his payout wil…
Huileng Tan
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Sony loses $20 billion in market value after Microsoft's massive deal to buy Activision Blizzard knocks its shares
Sony's shares drop almost 13% in Tokyo as analysts assess whether the deal will let Microsoft restr…
Hamza Fareed Malik
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Activision's market value is still 14% below what Microsoft plans to pay for it — and that suggests investors don't think the deal will get done
Also on Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department began rewriting merger gui…
Matthew Fox
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Call of Duty will continue to be available on PlayStation after Microsoft completes Activision acquisition
In a tweet, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said that CoD does have a future on Sony platforms…
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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick will reportedly leave the company after Microsoft acquisition closes
Microsoft is buying "Call of Duty" publisher Activision in a $68.7 billion deal. Kotick is expected…
Ben Gilbert
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Microsoft pledges not to monopolize 'Call of Duty' in a bid to get its $69 billion acquisition through regulators
Microsoft is promising it won't take "Call of Duty" off of PlayStation consoles. It's also promisin…
Ben Gilbert
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Washington is fueling a 'war on business' as it cracks down on mergers and acquisitions, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says
"These guidelines — by moving away from an emphasis on lower prices for consumers to broader abstra…
Zahra Tayeb
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Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition target Activision Blizzard has declined to voluntarily recognize a new union
The newly formed Game Workers Alliance says it's petitioning the NLRB to force Activision to recogn…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Microsoft says it will sell Activision streaming rights to Ubisoft to unblock its takeover bid
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard's newly proposed deal would see Ubisoft acquire cloud gaming righ…
Pete Syme
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Microsoft wins approval from US antitrust regulators to buy AI firm Nuance as it looks to bolster healthcare business
Nuance said in an SEC filing Friday that the US government's deadline to object to the deal expired…
Reuters
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Marc Benioff refused to name his rival Microsoft in an interview about Salesforce's $27.7 billion Slack acquisition: 'What's that company? How do you spell it?'
Marc Benioff's comments come as his company's deal with Slack sets Salesforce up perfectly to furth…
Katie Canales
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Microsoft's $68.7 billion Activision acquisition is crucial for the company to expand its 'metaverse' plans — here's what that means
Xbox leader Phil Spencer said that Microsoft's "vision of the metaverse is based on intersecting gl…
Ben Gilbert
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Microsoft reportedly tried to buy $51 billion Pinterest, in what could have been the tech firm's biggest deal
Pinterest, which has gained 100 million monthly active users in the past year, would have been Micr…
Kate Duffy
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Microsoft's $68.7 billion Activision takeover blocked by UK competition regulator
The blockbuster deal would see Microsoft control the developer behind popular game franchise "Call …
Hasan Chowdhury
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Microsoft acquires Metaswitch Networks adding to Azure's capabilities
Microsoft on Thursday signed a definitive agreement to acquire UK-based Metaswitch Networks, a lead…
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How Walmart and Microsoft's bid for TikTok could take on Amazon
Here are the top media and advertising stories from Business Insider for August 28.
Lauren Johnson
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Satya Nadella said the TikTok-Oracle deal is unrecognizable from the one Microsoft bid on
"It's not something I recognize, and it's definitely not the deal I bid on," Microsoft CEO Satya Na…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Trump reportedly pushed again for a cut of the TikTok deal in a call with Oracle chairman Larry Ellison and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon
Trump doubled down on his stance that the US government should get paid, despite lawyers advising h…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Trump says he's not yet ready to sign off on a TikTok deal as his administration reportedly pushes for majority US ownership
Trump said he'll be briefed on a proposed deal Thursday as the White House reportedly angles for US…