{"id":10743,"date":"2023-07-15T02:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T00:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/us-agency-loses-bid-to-halt-microsofts-69bn-purchase-of-activision-blizzard\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T02:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T00:37:15","slug":"us-agency-loses-bid-to-halt-microsofts-69bn-purchase-of-activision-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/us-agency-loses-bid-to-halt-microsofts-69bn-purchase-of-activision-blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"US agency loses bid to halt Microsoft\u2019s $69bn purchase of Activision Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Trade Commission\u2019s request to pause the deal was rejected, clearing the few remaining hurdles for it to go through<\/p>\n<p>A US appeals court on Friday rejected the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s request to pause Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a353bn) purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard.<\/p>\n<p>The appeals court decision removes one of the few remaining hurdles stopping Xbox maker Microsoft from closing the deal and expanding its gaming business.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jul\/14\/microsoft-activision-blizzard-deal-us-court-ruling-ftc\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f8eb67cd357594a7f9c6b438d0b1bc4647f99995\/12_0_3975_2385\/master\/3975.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f87633e4338e4f6505d8d6aeb299df60\" title=\"US agency loses bid to halt Microsoft\u2019s $69bn purchase of Activision Blizzard\" \/>The Federal Trade Commission\u2019s request to pause the deal was rejected, clearing the few remaining hurdles for it to go through<br \/>\nA US appeals court on Friday rejected the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s request to pause Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a353bn) purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard.<br \/>\nThe appeals court decision removes one of the few remaining hurdles stopping Xbox maker Microsoft from closing the deal and expanding its gaming business. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Trade Commission\u2019s request to pause the deal was rejected, clearing the few remaining hurdles for it to go through A US appeals court on Friday rejected the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s request to pause Microsoft\u2019s $69bn (\u00a353bn) purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. The appeals court decision removes one of the few &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/us-agency-loses-bid-to-halt-microsofts-69bn-purchase-of-activision-blizzard\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US agency loses bid to halt Microsoft\u2019s $69bn purchase of Activision Blizzard<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}