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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal needs approval in US, EU, UK, China

By Andrew Boyce
  • 21 Feb 2022 04:16
  • 21 Feb 2022 04:16
Microsoft’s $68.7 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard will need approval from antitrust regulators in the US, the EU, the UK and China as well as in “certain other jurisdictions,” Activision Blizzard said in a filing to shareholders.

Microsoft, the US tech giant that makes the Xbox game console, agreed on Jan

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Andrew Boyce

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Andrew is a reporter covering merger reviews and competition policy for MLex in Brussels. He joined MLex in 2015 and holds a degree and a master’s degree in history from the University of Liverpool.

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