LONDON—Britain will block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard over concerns it would hinder competition in cloud gaming, dealing an unexpected blow to the biggest-ever deal in gaming. The country’s antitrust regulator said on Wednesday that Microsoft’s commitment to offer access to Activision’s multi-billion dollar “Call of Duty” franchise to…
UK Blocks Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Deal Over Cloud Gaming Concerns
April 27, 2023
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LIVE 10:30 AM ET: The Plan to Block the Sun With Chemical Trails from Airplanes, Space Bubbles, and More
As a move to fight against alleged climate change, researchers are developing technologies to block sunlight from reaching the earth’s surface. This includes a program from Harvard, financed by Bill Gates, to spray chemicals into the earth’s stratosphere that would mimic the effects of ash clouds from a volcanic eruption. Other programs include the use…
LIVE 9/28, at 10:30 AM ET: The Plan to Block the Sun With Chemical Trails from Airplanes, Space Bubbles, and More
As a move to fight against alleged climate change, researchers are developing technologies to block sunlight from reaching the earth’s surface. This includes a program from Harvard, financed by Bill Gates, to spray chemicals into the earth’s stratosphere that would mimic the effects of ash clouds from a volcanic eruption. Other programs include the use…
Chinese Regime Blocked US-Based Website Honoring Victims of Cultural Revolution
July 22, 2022
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The Chinese communist regime recently blocked a memorial website for victims of the Cultural Revolution, a small online platform personally maintained by a Chicago University professor. This was the second time the website was blocked by the regime. The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a communist sociopolitical movement that…
Boris Johnson Insists Downing Street Will Not Block Names From Sue Gray Report
Boris Johnson has insisted he will not seek to block names appearing in the Sue Gray inquiry report into partygate and said he is “looking forward” to seeing its contents “pretty soon”. The Prime Minister said he was “very grateful” for the Metropolitan Police’s investigation, which concluded with 126 fines for lockdown breaches in Downing…
Morant’s Dazzling Block Lifts Grizzlies to 9Th Straight Win
LOS ANGELES—The Memphis Grizzlies set a franchise record with their ninth straight win, getting 16 points and a breathtaking block from Ja Morant in a 127–119 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night. Desmond Bane had 23 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 21 and six blocks, and Memphis won for the 12th time…
Polish Miners Block Coal for Power Plants to Demand Pay Hike
WARSAW, Poland—Miners employed by Poland’s largest coal company blocked deliveries of the fossil fuel to state-run power plants Tuesday to demand higher pay to keep pace with surging consumer prices. Groups of protesters were stopping trains leaving the Halemba mine and other mines of the Polish Coalmining Group in the southern Silesia region. They demanded…
Why Block Shares Are Trading Lower Premarket?
Wedbush analyst Moshe Katri lowered the price target on Block Inc. to $190 from $250 and reiterated Neutral. The new price target implies a 13.7 percent upside. The re-rating follows the Wedbush-hosted advisor call. Katri cited continued indications of choppy consumer spending, renewed pandemic-driven B&M shutdowns/travel slowdown, and likely reduced spending on non-discretionary items given inflationary pricing pressure on…
Nvidia’s $40 Billion Arm Deals Faces FTC Roadblock
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block U.S. chip supplier Nvidia Corp.’s $40 billion acquisition of the SoftBank Group Corp.-backed UK chip design provider Arm. FTC Bureau of Competition Director Holly Vedova said the proposed vertical deal could offer the influential chipmaker control over the computing technology and designs relied on by the rivals…
Eco-Activists Take Road-Blocking Campaign to More English Cities
Ec-activists from Insulate Britain have been arrested as they launched fresh demonstrations near London, Birmingham and Manchester. The group said on Nov. 2 that around 60 demonstrators descended on junction 23 of the M25 near London, junction 6 of the M56 in Manchester and the A4400 in Birmingham on Tuesday morning. The London and Manchester…
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