Ninth Circuit Denies FTC's Appeal to Stop Microsoft-Activision Deal

In a victory for Microsoft, the U.S. Appeals Court for the 9th Circuit denied the Federal Trade Commission’s motion to temporarily stop Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard. Microsoft is still working to resolve concerns about the transaction from the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority.

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