Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzardnarwhal@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.ml – 292 points – 1 years agotheverge.com106Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentI think they're still there, just haven't been trotted out in recent history. And mergers keep getting approved.The last merger that got blocked was almost 50 years ago, I believe. So yeah...it's probably dead.Which was that? Also, DraftKings and FanDuel got rejected about 10 years agoI want to say it was in the telecoms industry. But I completely forgot about that merger you mentioned. Thanks for reminding me.Didn't they just block the Nvidia ARM merger a few years back?I thought that was the UK's Competition Markets Authority that blocked the ARM deal.FTC sued to block itMy mistake then. Thank you.
I think they're still there, just haven't been trotted out in recent history. And mergers keep getting approved.The last merger that got blocked was almost 50 years ago, I believe. So yeah...it's probably dead.Which was that? Also, DraftKings and FanDuel got rejected about 10 years agoI want to say it was in the telecoms industry. But I completely forgot about that merger you mentioned. Thanks for reminding me.Didn't they just block the Nvidia ARM merger a few years back?I thought that was the UK's Competition Markets Authority that blocked the ARM deal.FTC sued to block itMy mistake then. Thank you.
The last merger that got blocked was almost 50 years ago, I believe. So yeah...it's probably dead.Which was that? Also, DraftKings and FanDuel got rejected about 10 years agoI want to say it was in the telecoms industry. But I completely forgot about that merger you mentioned. Thanks for reminding me.Didn't they just block the Nvidia ARM merger a few years back?I thought that was the UK's Competition Markets Authority that blocked the ARM deal.FTC sued to block itMy mistake then. Thank you.
Which was that? Also, DraftKings and FanDuel got rejected about 10 years agoI want to say it was in the telecoms industry. But I completely forgot about that merger you mentioned. Thanks for reminding me.
I want to say it was in the telecoms industry. But I completely forgot about that merger you mentioned. Thanks for reminding me.
Didn't they just block the Nvidia ARM merger a few years back?I thought that was the UK's Competition Markets Authority that blocked the ARM deal.FTC sued to block itMy mistake then. Thank you.
I thought that was the UK's Competition Markets Authority that blocked the ARM deal.FTC sued to block itMy mistake then. Thank you.
I think they're still there, just haven't been trotted out in recent history. And mergers keep getting approved.
The last merger that got blocked was almost 50 years ago, I believe. So yeah...it's probably dead.
Which was that? Also, DraftKings and FanDuel got rejected about 10 years ago
I want to say it was in the telecoms industry. But I completely forgot about that merger you mentioned. Thanks for reminding me.
Didn't they just block the Nvidia ARM merger a few years back?
I thought that was the UK's Competition Markets Authority that blocked the ARM deal.
FTC sued to block it
My mistake then. Thank you.