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Technology

Jun. 30, 2023

FTC lawyer reveals secret number in Microsoft-Activision closing

Closing arguments were disorganized at the end of the hearing to decide if the FTC can pause the Microsoft-Activision merger.

The evidentiary hearing regarding whether Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard Inc. should be preliminarily enjoined until the Federal Trade Commission can review it concluded Thursday with closing arguments and a major gaffe by one of the FTC’s attorneys.

While questioning Microsoft Gaming’s chief financial officer, Tim Stuart, the only public witness of the day, FTC attorney James H. Weingarten accidentally re...

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