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Investing.com — U.S. futures slipped lower Tuesday, handing back some of the previous session’s gains as investors digest more influential quarterly earnings.

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LinkedIn said Monday it is laying off hundreds of workers

Even on Wall Street, there’s such a thing as too much of a good thing. And that goes double when it comes to stock ownership across a client’s portfolio.

Lululemon Athletica‘s stock jumped by more than 10 per cent to an almost two-year high on Monday buoyed by the addition of the Canadian sportswear maker into the Wall Street benchmark S&P 500 index.

Microsoft’s official purchase of the video game publisher Activision has raised more questions about how crypto and the metaverse will influence both companies’ products and operations.

By Krystal Hu and Yuvraj Malik

After two years co-piloting the biggest acquisition in video game history past an onslaught of challenges, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer now moves on to his next quest: making Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard worth the hassle

Charles and Kathleen Moore are about to have their day in the Supreme Court over a $15,000 tax bill they believe is unconstitutional

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is reportedly expanding its presence in the gaming industry by leveraging the studios it has acquired to create more game titles based on popular Netflix movies and TV shows.

By Louis Juricic and Sarina Isaacs

For some time, small internet providers such as Aussie Broadband and Superloop have been nipping at the heels of Australia’s biggest telecommunications groups, stealing away some of the customers who stream Netflix and log onto Zoom calls from home.

Bitcoin mining operations in the United States, owned by Chinese entities, are currently under investigation for potential issues that could threaten national security, according to the New York Times (NYT). 

Investing.com – The Dow eked out a gain to end the week higher Friday, as Wall Street banks kicked off the earnings season with better-than-expected quarterly results, though investors had to contend with a bout of volatility amid rising geopolitical tensions.

A lot was said about the metaverse when the Microsoft deal to acquire Activision Blizzard was announced in January 2022. The attention mainly was on business communications, rather than gaming. If public statements and leaked documents are any guide, the Activision deal could promise more for the future of crypto than the metaverse.

Ubisoft has unveiled key details regarding the streaming of Activision Blizzard video games after Microsoft acquisition. In a recent blog post, Chris Early, Ubisoft's Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Business Development, provided further details on the company's strategies. The French gaming publisher will have the ability to license the streaming rights to various cloud gaming platforms. It is worth noting that the blog does not explicitly state whether Microsoft can acquire a license for Xbox Cloud Streaming. Early explained that the agreement encompasses all of Activision Blizzard's existing games, as well as all games to be released in the next 15 years. Ubisoft's initial plan is to stream these games via Ubisoft+. In due course, these games are expected to become available on services such as Amazon Luna, where Ubisoft maintains a presence. Xbox maker Microsoft closed its $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard on Friday, swelling its heft in the video-gaming market with best-selling titles including «Call of Duty» to better compete with industry leader Sony. Originally unveiled in January 2022, the biggest deal in the gaming industry cleared its final big hurdle — an approval from Britain — earlier in the day after Microsoft agreed to sell streaming rights for Activision's games to allay competition concerns. The completion is a major win for the U.S. tech firm in its push to attract more people to its Xbox consoles and Game Pass subscription service. Microsoft's gaming revenue trails that of Sony, whose PlayStation consoles outsell the Xbox.

By Paul Sandle, Yadarisa Shabong and Aditya Soni

Microsoft has completed its acquisition of video game-maker Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, closing one of the most expensive tech acquisitions in history that could have repercussions across the video game industry

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) completed a transaction with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) in accordance with the deal announced on January 18, 2022.

Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures were mixed heading into the final trading day of the week, with investors preparing for the release of quarterly results from large Wall Street banks and parsing through recent inflation data. Elevated interest rates are expected to factor heavily into returns from lenders JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) on Friday, as a fresh corporate earnings season gets underway. Elsewhere, the U.K.'s competition regulator approves Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) restructured acquisition of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), clearing the way for the closure of the largest deal in the history of the gaming industry.