Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK
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Re: Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK
#2I don't understand, why US based companies would require anything from outside the US to merge???
Re: Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK
#3I don't understand, why US based companies would require anything from outside the US to merge???
Because antitrust laws from other countries say the clearance is required if the merger affects their market.
Both Microsoft and Activision have customers in the UK. The merger will affect these customers, so the UK regulator needs to approve the merger.
Re: Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK
#4I don't understand, why US based companies would require anything from outside the US to merge???
Because they are actually local in each market, and have to obey local regulations.
Re: Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK
#5I don't understand, why US based companies would require anything from outside the US to merge???
Because antitrust laws from other countries say the clearance is required if the merger affects their market. Both Microsoft and Activision have customers in the UK. The merger will affect these customers, so the UK regulator needs to approve the merger.
Do find it out that a small country like UK can force a world wide requirements, though. I think they should only consider their own market and not force the Ubisoft
Re: Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK
#6I don't understand, why US based companies would require anything from outside the US to merge???
Because they are actually local in each market, and have to obey local regulations.
... and they can close their offices in troublesome countries, merge in the US, and then re-opened in those countries.
This is inconsistent, at best seriously weird.
Re: Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because they are actually local in each market, and have to obey local regulations.
... and they can close their offices in troublesome countries, merge in the US, and then re-opened in those countries. This is inconsistent, at best seriously weird.
Judges aren't so easily fooled.
Re: Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
... and they can close their offices in troublesome countries, merge in the US, and then re-opened in those countries. This is inconsistent, at best seriously weird.
Judges aren't so easily fooled.
Those are UK branches of US companies. I still don't know why UK judges would have any say in US internal matters.
Re: Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Judges aren't so easily fooled.
Those are UK branches of US companies. I still don't know why UK judges would have any say in US internal matters.
Because the UK branches also have to become one legal entity, and obey to the UK legal system.
As strange at is might look like, US companies have to obey the law of countries they operate on.
Which seems to be quite strange apparently, as I have to educate some of them on how German work law works.
Re: Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Those are UK branches of US companies. I still don't know why UK judges would have any say in US internal matters.
Because the UK branches also have to become one legal entity, and obey to the UK legal system. As strange at is might look like, US companies have to obey the law of countries they operate on. Which seems to be quite strange apparently, as I have to educate some of them on how German work law works.
Activision just needs to close its UK branch. It is gone anyway.