Software giant Microsoft faces fresh legal action in US courts to halt its $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard
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Software giant Microsoft faces fresh legal action in US courts to halt its $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Twitter this week is being accused by 100 former staff members of a variety of legal violations including targeting women for layoffs
European Commission follows the UK's CMA and opens “an in-depth investigation” into Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware
Ten year cloud data deal between LSE and American software giant, sees Microsoft acquire 4 percent of equity stake in UK bourse
Biden administration on Thursday makes its move to block Microsoft's $69bn acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard
CEO of Waze to depart Google after confirmation Waze and Google Maps teams will merge, as standalone Waze app to remain
Microsoft offers Sony 10-year contract for Call Of Duty cross-platform release dates, to ease regulatory concern at Activision purchase
Owner of Parler and American rapper Kanye West (aka Ye) agree to terminate sale of the app, “in the interest of both parties”
MPs urge government to publish delayed semiconductor strategy as US, EU and China push ahead with chip plans
Cambridge-based engineering software firm Aveva acquired by France's Schneider Electric for £9.9bn pounds ($11.9bn)
UK follows EU in launching initial investigation of $61 billion Broadcom deal to buy VMware amidst closer attention to big tech deals
Reports suggest 75 percent of Twitter's remaining staff refused Musk's “hardcore” ultimatum, as offices are closed until Monday
Twitter boss Elon Musk says he will eventually find new leader for Twitter, as former CEO Jack Dorsey rules out return
Dutch chipmaker Nexperia (owned by a Chinese firm) is ordered to sell majority stake in Newport Wafer Fab on national security grounds
Twitter staff ordered in Musk ultimatum email to choose to work “long hours at high intensity” or leave. They have until Thursday to decide
More firings. Elon Musk reportedly axes 4,400 of 5,500 external contractors that worked on Twitter's content moderation
Elon Musk raises possibility of bankruptcy at Twitter, as entire privacy and compliance team resigns prompting FTC warning
Exodus at Twitter continues, after security chief Lea Kissner confirms resignation from the microblogging platform
National security threat? President Biden says Elon Musk's relationships with other countries “is worthy of being looked at”
Cryptocurrency prices plunge after crypto exchange platform Binance withdraws from purchase of its failing rival FTX Trading
Europe's deeper investigation of Microsoft's Activision purchase begins, months after UK began its phase 2 probe in September
National security. Berlin is reportedly preparing to block a second German chip firm from falling into the hands of a Chinese owner
National security concerns. German government looks set to block Chinese takeover of Dortmund-based company Elmos
Consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners submits bid to purchase Toshiba for $15bn, but reportedly has no banking approval for full price
Decentralised social network Mastodon Social sees user base double in two weeks as Elon Musk Twitter takeover raises questions for future
Mass layoffs begin Friday morning, amid speculation Elon Musk will axe at least half of platform's 7,000 strong workforce
Call me Chairman Musk. Tesla CEO becomes the sole director of Twitter after he dissolves its board of directors
Software giant continues to play hardball with European regulators investigating its $69 billion purchase of gaming giant Activision
Elon Musk denies timing job cuts to avoid making end-of-year stock grant payouts to Twitter staff as he takes control of company
CEO Parag Agrawal and finance chief Ned Segal escorted out of Twitter HQ, after Elon Musk concludes acrimonious acquisition and gains control