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Kate MOODY

Microsoft lobbies EU to approve Activision Blizzard deal

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Microsoft is lobbying European regulators to approve its $69 billion takeover bid for video game giant Activision Blizzard. To allay concerns about competition, it's agreed to let Nintendo and Nvidia users access some of its titles. But there are still plenty of roadblocks for what could be the tech industry's biggest ever deal. Also in the show: carmakers Toyota and Honda agree to the biggest wage increases in two years for Japanese workers, and Pakistan nears a bailout deal with the IMF. 

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