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Spade said:

Ryuu96 said:

BRUSSELS, May 10 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) $69 billion acquisition of Activision (ATVI.O) next week, with May 15 as the likeliest date, people familiar with the matter said.

The EU antitrust enforcer is expected to clear the acquisition after Microsoft agreed to licensing deals with cloud streaming rivals including Nvidia, Ukraine's Boosteroid and Japan's Ubitus, other people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters in March.

EU Decision Clearing $69 Bln Microsoft, Activision Deal Expected May 15, Sources Say | Reuters

Didn't we hear the same shit about the CMA passing and then it got blocked... 

Second block incoming. 

Slightly different. IIRC NY Post said that Microsoft was optimistic about CMA approving the deal according to sources close to Microsoft. Reuters is saying that EC will approve it according to people familiar with the matter. Depends who those people are but EC is leakier than CMA/FTC. NY Post was more based on "feelings" while Reuters seems like someone has straight up told them it will be approved.

Also Bloomberg is now reporting the same.

Not that it matters though, the deal is still dead, but it'd be nice to see at least one major regulator hasn't lost the plot and is actually basing things on facts rather than rampant speculation. UK is once again going to stand alone as the problem (because lets face it, FTC would be crushed in US Courts), Lol.