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Business Matters: Microsoft plans to buy Activision Blizzard for nearly $70bn

Microsoft plans to buy Call of Duty company Activision Blizzard for nearly $70bn

19/01/2022 GMT

Microsoft plans to buy Activision Blizzard for nearly $70bn

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Microsoft plans to buy Activision Blizzard for nearly $70bn

It would be the biggest acquisition in the company's history.

It would be the biggest acquisition in the company's history and is expected to be finalised in 2023.

Microsoft says it plans to buy major games company Activision Blizzard in a deal worth $68.7bn. It would be the biggest acquisition in the company's history and is expected to be finalised in 2023. We speak to Carolina Milanese, Senior Technology Analyst at Creatrive Strategies to find out why Microsoft has done the deal. US mobile networks AT&T and Verizon have agreed to postpone the rollout of their new 5G service at some airports, after aircraft safety concerns from some airlines. Also in the programme, Spain's government is taking action to try and help young people find housing, by approving a "youth bonus" voucher system worth €250 per month to help with rent costs. Eduardo Alonso Arechaga is a member of the Spanish Youth Council, which represents young Spaniards, and gives us his reaction to the news. There's been a big rise recently in the number of young people trading on the financial markets, and many are using mobile phone apps which are designed to make the process fun. The BBC's Rob Young reports on the potential pitfalls involved in the so-called gamification of stock market trading. Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by Patrick Barta, Asia Enterprise Editor for Wall Street Journal in Bangkok and Takara Small, technology reporter for CBC in Toronto.

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