The European Union’s executive arm on Monday approved Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, a major win for Microsoft in its effort to complete the deal. The European Commission, which has been investigating the acquisition since November, said in a statement that Microsoft showed the deal would not harm competition by agreeing to certain concessions. A central remedy that...
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