Microsoft’s Activision Buyout Deal Faces Probe From UK Antitrust Regulator

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will probe Microsoft’s deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, the watchdog said on Wednesday. The CMA said it had until September 1 to decide whether the deal would reduce competition in the UK. Microsoft in January said it was buying Activision Blizzard, in the biggest…

Microsoft’s Activision Buyout Deal Faces Probe From UK Antitrust Regulator

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will probe Microsoft’s deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, the watchdog said on Wednesday. The CMA said it had until September 1 to decide whether the deal would reduce competition in the UK. Microsoft in January said it was buying Activision Blizzard, in the biggest…

Amazon Under Closer Surveillance From German Anti-Cartel Watchdog for Possible Abuse of Market Position

Amazon will be placed under closer surveillance for any possible abuse of its market position, according to Germany’s anti-cartel watchdog. The Federal Cartel Office can now act more effectively to “intervene and prohibit potential anticompetitive practices”, after Amazon was deemed a company of “paramount significance for competition” by the antitrust watchdog. The G…Read More