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Microsoft Gambles on ‘Nice Guy’ Strategy to Close Activision Megadeal

Federal regulators have sued to block the $69 billion acquisition, but the company has settled on a path forward and is preparing to force the issue.

By Karen Weise and David McCabe

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To Rein In Big Tech, Europe Looked Beyond Lawsuits. Will the U.S. Follow?

The largest American banks are classified as “systemically important” and subject to more stringent scrutiny. Some lawmakers want to do the same for Big Tech.

By Steve Lohr

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Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft’s Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge

Ms. Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has staked an ambitious trustbusting agenda on a case that may be difficult to win.

By David McCabe Cecilia Kang and Karen Weise

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The F.T.C.’s Bet on Rewriting Antitrust by Taking on Microsoft

In seeking to oppose the $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard, the agency is hoping to revamp the nation’s antitrust rules — even if it loses.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin Ravi Mattu Stephen Gandel and Michael J.

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