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Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal faces two-month regulatory delay in New Zealand

By James Panichi ( September 9, 2022, 05:58 GMT | Insight) -- Microsoft’s planned $68.7 billion acquisition of video-game developer Activision Blizzard has run into another delay in New Zealand, where the competition regulator has scrapped today’s deadline for an announcement and set a new deadline for Nov. 11. The New Zealand Commerce Commission announced the new date on its website but provided no further information, in what is the third delay of the merger review.  Microsoft’s planned $68.7 billion acquisition of video-game developer Activision Blizzard has run into another delay in New Zealand, where the competition regulator has scrapped today’s deadline for an announcement and set a new deadline for Nov. 11....

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