LONDON - Microsoft's president met Britain's finance minister for talks on Tuesday (June 6) and said he would try to work with regulators to seek UK approval for its US$69 billion (S$92 billion) purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. British competition authorities blocked the takeover in April in a shock decision which jeopardises gaming's biggest-ever deal, drawing a...
LONDON - Microsoft's president met Britain's finance minister for talks on Tuesday and said he would try to work with regulators to seek UK approval for its US$69 billion purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard.
Also in London, Smith told the techUK Tech Policy Leadership conference he was hopeful the outcome could change, adding: "I'm in search of solutions." He said he had always been "bullish on the United Kingdom as a great place to live, to learn, to build".
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