The decision by Britain's antitrust regulator to rip up its play book for Microsoft shows the limit of its ability to kill mega-deals on its own, even if some agreed with its opposition to the U.S company's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
It’s almost a new dawn in videogames. After opposing Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard , Sony has signed an agreement over the latter's "Call of Duty" title. It will help the $2.6 trillion company appease regulatory holdouts, but Sony benefits too.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering its options after stinging losses last week in its bid to stop Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy Activision, a source told Reuters on Monday amid expectations the agency's fight is nearing the end.
A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected the Federal Trade Commission's request to pause Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard .
A government-led buyout signals more uncertainty ahead for a chip industry grappling with oversupply and geopolitics. The state-backed Japan Investment Corp will take over JSR , which makes light-sensitive chemicals vital to manufacturing semiconductors, among other things. It will help Tokyo bolster its technology supply chains as the country looks to capitalise on jitters around Taiwan, home to many major chipmakers and suppliers.