Microsoft and UK regulators agree to pause legal fight to negotiate Activision acquisition

On the same day a US federal judge denied the Federal Trade Commission's request for a preliminary injunction to prevent Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, the tech giant and the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said they have agreed to take a break from their legal battle to negotiate a compromise that could allow the deal to move forward. "After today's court decision in the US, our focus now turns back to the UK. While we ultimately disagree w...