Microsoft (MSFT) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI) are mulling the sale of some U.K. cloud-based gaming rights to a telecom, gaming, or internet company in order to appease regulators so they can complete their $69B merger by the deadline of July 18, Bloomberg’s Leah Nylen, Edward Ludlow, and Dina Bass report. According to people familiar with the matter, both companies think it is possible to close the deal.
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