Microsoft reached a deal to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash, the companies announced, in a move intended to “accelerate the growth in Microsoft’s gaming business across mobile, PC, console and cloud.” It will also “provide building blocks for the metaverse.” Microsoft will pay $95 a share for Activision, a huge premium for a stock that on Friday closed at $65.39. But...
Microsoft To Buy Activision for $68.7 Billion in Cash
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We’re now at that part of the Elon Musk–Twitter drama where—as happens for some long-running TV shows—the plotline has gone off the rails. Of course, this isn’t a TV show, although there likely will be one, and I nominate Jonah Hill to play Elon Musk. And what seems off the wall is just life in Musk’s world. It’s a little like the alternate reality Donald Trump creates to replace a less...
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