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UK regulator provisionally clears Microsoft's $69B Activision acquisition
Five months after the UK’s Competition and Market’s Authority (CMA) blocked Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a newly proposed agreement has addressed the regulator's concerns.
Intel’s Tower Semiconductor acquisition fails, as China withholds OK
Intel's planned $5.4 billion acquisition of Israel-based Tower falls apart, as China fails to approve the deal before the companies' agreement deadline.
Japan bolsters its chip industry with buyout of equipment maker JSR
In its latest bid to support home-grown chip manufacturing, the Japanese government has sought to consolidate the country’s grip over some chemicals that are vital to the chip making process.
US judge temporarily blocks Microsoft's Activision deal at request of FTC
A federal judge has granted an injunction against the $69 billion deal, ahead of a hearing scheduled for later this month.
EU Commission OKs Microsoft’s $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Less than a month after the UK's CMA ruled against the deal, the EU Commission has approved the acquisition, providing new licensing agreements by Microsoft are kept in place for the next decade.
UK regulators block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Almost a year after it opened its investigation into the proposed $68.7 billion acquisition, the UK’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that gamers would suffer from reduced choice should the deal go ahead.
Microsoft’s bid for Activision-Blizzard faces new regulatory delays in UK
Authorities in the US, the EU and the UK are all now investigating how the deal will affect competition in the games market.
UK Competition and Markets Authority ramps up big tech antitrust investigations
Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Amazon’s Marketplace platform are both currently being probed by the UK regulator.
Zendesk confirms cut-price $10.2B buyout
Two weeks after stating it would remain a “public, independent company,” Zendesk is being acquired by a group of investors for $7 billion less than the company was valued at earlier this year.
Zoom pushes further into the contact center with Solvvy acquisition
After its failed attempt to purchase Five9 last year, Zoom is once again looking to bolster its nascent contact center software proposition.
Salesforce acquires Slack-bot maker Troops.ai
The sales and revenue communications platform will become part of Slack when the deal closes in 2023.
Google acquires Raxium in augmented reality push
Google is pushing forward with its AR ambitions by acquiring the microLED startup Raxium for an undisclosed amount.
Elon Musk buys Twitter: What’s ahead for business users?
New billionaire owner for Twitter could mean big changes, but much is still unclear for business users.
Apple acquires UK fintech startup Credit Kudos
The open banking startup becomes the latest European fintech company to be acquired by a US company.
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