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US FTC Revives Microsoft-Activision Deal Challenge

(Bloomberg) — The US Federal Trade Commission is continuing its challenge of Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion acquisition of video game company Activision Blizzard Inc., in yet another attempt to fight the deal even after it closes.

Amazon Punishes Seller for Five-Cent Price Cut, Echoing FTC Case

(Bloomberg) — About once a week, Bernie Thompson gets a “take action” email from Amazon.com Inc. Online sellers like Thompson dread these messages because it means the e-commerce giant has discovered one of their products is selling for a lower price on a competing website. Unless he adjusts the price, Thompson says, Amazon could make his merchandise virtually invisible to shoppers.

Microsoft Says Apple Used Bing Offer as Google ‘Bargaining Chip’

A Microsoft Corp. executive said the company has tried for years to displace Alphabet Inc.’s Google as the default web browser on iPhones, but that Apple Inc. never seriously considered switching to Microsoft’s Bing and was content to use it as a “bargaining chip” with the search giant.