Regulators in the US have asked a judge to block Microsoft from completing its $69bn (£56bn) purchase of Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard.
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Regulators in the US have asked a judge to block Microsoft from completing its $69bn (£56bn) purchase of Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard.
EU regulators have approved Microsoft's $69bn (£55bn) attempt to purchase Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard.
Agreement represents bet on transformative nature of artificial intelligence on company’s future business
The job cuts, which amount to less than 5 percent of the company’s work force, are its largest in roughly eight years.
Software company’s revenue growth has slowed in recent quarters
Software giant files documents opposing claims that transaction would harm competition in videogame industry
President Brad Smith has taken an amicable role with regulators. Rivals say he also directs negative attention toward them. Microsoft’s Activision deal, under FTC review, will test the strategy.
Microsoft has made its largest ever deal buying Activision Blizzard for almost $100 billion and following months of scandal.
Microsoft is shutting down its social network, LinkedIn, in China, saying having to comply with the Chinese state has become increasingly challenging.
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Microsoft is spending $16 billion to kick-start growth in the next big thing for tech: healthcare
It launches September 10th for $1,399.
A possible sale of Chinese-owned TikTok's US operations to Microsoft is reportedly on hold after Donald Trump vowed to ban the video-sharing app.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the company's board to spend more time on philanthropic activities.
Microsoft doesn’t include a keyboard with the $999 Surface Pro X, considering it (and the Surface Slim Pen) optional.
Bezos overtook Gates on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index in October 2017, in part because Gates has donated tens of billions to philanthropic causes.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called Allen's contributions "indispensable."
Russian attempts to launch cyber-attacks against US conservative groups have been thwarted, Microsoft says.
