The FTC's Decision to Block Activision's Call of Duty Deal

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The FTC has until Friday to appeal the decision that was handed down yesterday. The UK's competition and markets authority said it's open to discussing the deal, even though it blocked it a few months ago. So I wouldn't say it's necessarily a full 180. They didn't completely walk back on their decision. And this is definitely a sharp shift from their much more aggressive stance in April.

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