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After Figma’s $20 Billion Windfall Evaporated, It’s Picking Up the Pieces

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After Figma’s $20 Billion Windfall Evaporated, It’s Picking Up the Pieces

Regulatory scrutiny felled the sale of Figma, a design platform, to Adobe. Now it’s grappling with employee expectations and a changing market.

By Erin Griffith

Figma’s CEO, Dylan Field, Laments Demise of His $20 Billion Adobe Deal

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Figma’s CEO, Dylan Field, Laments Demise of His $20 Billion Adobe Deal

Dylan Field believed that selling his software company to a bigger rival would be good for competition and consumers. Regulators saw it differently.

By Michael J. de la Merced

Adobe Scraps Its $20 Billion Takeover of Figma

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Adobe Scraps Its $20 Billion Takeover of Figma

Adobe will pay a $1 billion breakup fee to the design software maker, amid greater antitrust scrutiny of mergers.

By Michael J. de la Merced

Microsoft Beats the Antitrust Odds on Its Activision Deal

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Microsoft Beats the Antitrust Odds on Its Activision Deal

Approval from British regulators for the $69 billion takeover was the last hurdle left for the tech giant, which saw off serious challenges to the transaction.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin Ravi Mattu Bernhard Warner Sarah Kessler