Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says exclusive Activision games make 'no strategic sense'The Federal Trade Commission has asked a judge to stop the proposed acquisition because, it argues, it would give Microsoft, maker of the X...
Activision Blizzard's CEO Bobby Kotick defends Microsoft's takeover of the video game-makerBobby Kotick told a federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday that there's no incentive to deprive Microsoft gaming rivals like Sony of the ...
Gamers would 'revolt' if 'Call of Duty' were made exclusive: Activision CEO Bobby KotickFTC says the transaction would give Microsoft, which makes the Xbox console, exclusive access to Activision games, leaving Nintendo and Son...
Microsoft-Activision deal: Satya Nadella, Bobby Kotick to testify in court as FTC tries to block mergerThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked a judge to stop the transaction temporarily in order to allow the agency's in-house judge to d...
Microsoft, activision CEOs to defend $69 billion deal in fight with regulatorMicrosoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and Activision Blizzard Inc. CEO Bobby Kotick will be in court this week to try to persuade...
Microsoft, Activision CEOs on witness list for hearing on FTC bid to block mergerMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella and Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick are among the witnesses planned for a five-day evidentiary hearing set...
FTC chair met UK antitrust officials last week but did not talk Microsoft-Activision deal: OfficialThe FTC official, speaking on Thursday, was responding to comments made by the game-maker's CEO, Bobby Kotick, who told CNBC he believed th...
Microsoft's president to push Activision deal at EU hearing; Google, Nvidia also presentThe hearing will allow Xbox maker Microsoft to gauge the mood among senior EU and national competition officials and Commission lawyers ahe...
Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg accused of using her influence to quash news stories about ex-boyfriend Bury KotickAccording to WSJ, the news story would've unveiled a temporary restraining order against Kotick.
Activision cooperating with federal insider trading probesIt received requests for information from the US Securities and Exchange Commission and received a subpoena from a Department of Justice gr...
Workers at Activision Blizzard-owned studio say they have formed unionThe union, supported by the Communications Workers of America, represents 34 people in the quality assurance department at Raven Software. ...
Microsoft faces challenge cleaning up Activision Blizzard's cultureAccomplishing that will require Microsoft to deviate from its usual hands-off approach on acquisitions to tackle what amounts to a "clean u...
Microsoft deal to deliver $390 million payday for Activision's embattled CEOActivision shareholders only narrowly approved Kotick's $155 million pay package last year, after investors criticized the company for awar...
Microsoft to buy 'Call of Duty' maker Activision in $68.7-billion dealActivision's library of games such as 'Call of Duty' and 'Overwatch' also gives Microsoft's Xbox gaming platform an edge over Sony's Playst...
RBC: The Fed is going to hike rates earlier and faster than the market expectsRBC's Jordan Kotick and Jay Govender note that US economic data across the board is stronger today than in 1994, when the Fed was last star...
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