The Federal Trade Commission plans to bring its effort to stop Microsoft from closing its Activision Blizzard deal to the 9th Circuit appeals court.
A San Francisco federal judge ruled in favor of the two companies on Tuesday.
The companies want to close the transaction by July 18.The Federal Trade Commission is not giving up on its bid to prevent Microsoft
from closing its $68.7 billion acquisition of game publisher Activision Blizzard
. On Wednesday, the agency filed to appeal a federal judge’s decision to deny a request for a preliminary injunction that would have prevented the deal from closing. READ MORE