{"id":35567,"date":"2023-07-14T08:05:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/uncategorized\/us-court-refuses-ftc-request-to-pause-microsoft-deal-for-activision\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T08:05:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T12:05:05","slug":"us-court-refuses-ftc-request-to-pause-microsoft-deal-for-activision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=35567","title":{"rendered":"US court refuses FTC request to pause Microsoft deal for Activision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"imgCarousel\" class=\"imgCarousel\">\n<p><span class=\"text\">\u00a9 Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard&#8217;s games characters in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. REUTERS\/Dado Ruvic\/Illustration\/File Photo<\/span><br \/>\n<i class=\"imgGrad\"><\/i>\n<\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; A U.S. federal court rejected the Federal Trade Commission&#8217;s request that it order Microsoft (NASDAQ:) to temporarily hold off on closing its $69 billion purchase of &#8220;Call of Duty&#8221; maker Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:), according to a court filing. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/stock-market-news\/us-court-refuses-ftc-request-to-pause-microsoft-deal-for-activision-3125646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard&#8217;s games characters in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. 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