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Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision Is Record for Monopolized BigTech's Power

Consolidation is out of control in the Fed stimulus Era

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Michael Spencer
Jan 19, 2022
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Microsoft will buy video game giant Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion all-cash deal.

Microsoft’s agreement to pay almost $69 billion for Activision Blizzard would market the highest price ever paid by a U.S. tech company in an acquisition. The biggest prior deal came in 2016, when Dell purchased EMC for $67 billion.

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