Microsoft Corp is in talks about an extension of its acquisition contract with video game maker Activision Blizzard, which is set to expire...

The Activision investment was a form of arbitrage, with Buffett viewing investors as too pessimistic that regulators would approve combinin...

Microsoft cleared major hurdles to its plan to buy videogame maker Activision Blizzard on Tuesday, after a U.S. judge gave a thumbs-up to t...

Microsoft's acquisition of gaming firm Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn has hit a snag. The US Federal Trade Commission has warned that Micr...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a judge to stop the proposed acquisition because, it argues, it would give Microsoft, maker of the X...

The agreement marks the latest effort by Microsoft to ease fears its purchase of Activision would hinder competition in cloud gaming.

Microsoft announced the Activision bid in January last year, its biggest ever, to take on leaders Tencent and Sony, in the booming videogam...

Britain earlier this month said the deal could harm gamers by weakening the rivalry between Xbox and PlayStation, result in higher prices, ...

A lawsuit challenging the deal is not guaranteed, and the FTC's four commissioners have yet to vote out a complaint or meet with lawyers fo...

It received requests for information from the US Securities and Exchange Commission and received a subpoena from a Department of Justice gr...

The Justice Department is investigating whether any of the options trades violated insider-trading laws, the report said, adding that the S...

Warren Buffett said one of his investment managers paid about $77 per share for Berkshire's 14.7 million Activision shares, acquiring about...

In a letter released by Buffett's office on Thursday, Buffett said one of his investment managers paid about $77 per share for Berkshire's ...

Berkshire said that as of December 31, it owned 14.7 million shares worth about $975 million of the "Call of Duty" maker. Microsoft announc...

Investors monitor Berkshire's investments closely to see where Buffett and his investment managers Todd Combs and Ted Weschler see value.

Activision shareholders only narrowly approved Kotick's $155 million pay package last year, after investors criticized the company for awar...

Activision's library of games such as 'Call of Duty' and 'Overwatch' also gives Microsoft's Xbox gaming platform an edge over Sony's Playst...