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视频游戏玩家在美国法院起诉微软阻止动视收购
大约两周前，美国联邦贸易委员会(federal Trade Commission)向一名行政法法官提起诉讼，试图阻止Xbox游戏机的所有者微软完成视频游戏市场有史以来最大的收购。
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BSNL宣布六名官员被迫退休
被强制退休的军官是印度电信服务(ITS)干部，批次从1988年到1992年不等。
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微软周二，苹果公司在美国法院受到一项私人消费者诉讼的打击，该诉讼要求该科技公司以690亿美元的价格收购苹果公司。使命召唤“制造商动视暴雪公司将非法压制电子游戏行业的竞争。
大约两周前，美国联邦贸易委员会向一名行政法法官提起诉讼，寻求阻止微软Xbox从完成视频游戏市场有史以来最大的收购开始。
私人诉讼还寻求阻止微软收购的命令动视暴雪．该诉讼是代表加利福尼亚州、新墨西哥州和新泽西州的10名电子游戏玩家提起的。
微软的一名代表周二为这笔交易进行了辩护，在一份声明中表示，它“将扩大竞争，为玩家和游戏开发商创造更多机会”。后联邦贸易委员会微软总裁布拉德·史密斯说:“我们对我们的案子完全有信心，欢迎有机会在法庭上陈述我们的案子。”
原告律师Joseph Saveri在旧金山的一份声明中表示:“随着电子游戏行业的持续发展和发展，我们保护市场免受垄断并购的影响至关重要，从长远来看，这将损害消费者的利益。”
私人原告可以在美国法院提起反垄断诉讼，即使美国相关机构的案件还在审理中。今年1月宣布的这笔收购，还面临欧盟的反垄断审查欧盟．
美国联邦贸易委员会此前表示，起诉是为了阻止“微软控制一家领先的独立游戏工作室”。该机构表示，合并将损害竞争对手游戏平台之间的竞争任天堂有限公司而且索尼集团．
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Microsoft<\/a> Corp was hit on Tuesday in U.S. court with a private consumer lawsuit claiming the technology company's $69 billion bid to purchase \"Call of Duty<\/a>\" maker Activision Blizzard Inc<\/a> will unlawfully squelch competition in the video game industry.
The complaint filed in federal court in California comes about two weeks after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a case with an administrative law judge seeking to stop Microsoft, owner of the Xbox<\/a> console, from completing the largest-ever acquisition in the video-gaming market.
The private lawsuit also seeks an order blocking Microsoft from acquiring Activision<\/a>. It was filed on behalf of 10 video game players in California, New Mexico and New Jersey.
<\/div><\/div>The proposed acquisition would give Microsoft \"far-outsized market power in the video game industry,\" the complaint alleged, \"with the ability to foreclose rivals, limit output, reduce consumer choice, raise prices, and further inhibit competition.\"
A Microsoft representative on Tuesday defended the deal, saying in a statement that it \"will expand competition and create more opportunities for gamers and game developers.\" After the FTC<\/a> sued, Microsoft President Brad Smith said, \"We have complete confidence in our case and welcome the opportunity to present our case in court.\"
In a statement, plaintiffs' attorney Joseph Saveri in San Francisco said, \"As the video game industry continues to grow and evolve, it's critical that we protect the market from monopolistic mergers that will harm consumers in the long run.\"
Private plaintiffs can pursue antitrust claims in U.S. court, even while a related U.S. agency case is pending. The takeover, announced in January, also faces antitrust scrutiny in the European Union<\/a>.
The FTC previously said it sued to stop \"Microsoft from gaining control over a leading independent game studio.\" The agency said the merger would harm competition among rival gaming platforms from Nintendo Co Ltd<\/a> and Sony Group Corp<\/a>.
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A Microsoft representative on Tuesday defended the deal, saying in a statement that it \"will expand competition and create more opportunities for gamers and game developers.\" After the FTC<\/a> sued, Microsoft President Brad Smith said, \"We have complete confidence in our case and welcome the opportunity to present our case in court.\"
In a statement, plaintiffs' attorney Joseph Saveri in San Francisco said, \"As the video game industry continues to grow and evolve, it's critical that we protect the market from monopolistic mergers that will harm consumers in the long run.\"
Private plaintiffs can pursue antitrust claims in U.S. court, even while a related U.S. agency case is pending. The takeover, announced in January, also faces antitrust scrutiny in the European Union<\/a>.
The FTC previously said it sued to stop \"Microsoft from gaining control over a leading independent game studio.\" The agency said the merger would harm competition among rival gaming platforms from Nintendo Co Ltd<\/a> and Sony Group Corp<\/a>.
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If the deal is allowed to go through, the Federal Trade Commission argues, it would violate antitrust laws and dampen innovation, hurting consumers who may face higher prices and fewer options outside platforms controlled by Meta Platforms Inc.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-takes-witness-stand-in-ftc-case","seolocationalt":"Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes witness stand in FTC case","url_seo":"meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-takes-witness-stand-in-ftc-case"},"96384940":{"msid":"96384940","stname":"EU opens antitrust probe into Broadcom's $61 bln VMware bid","artsyn":"\"The Commission is particularly concerned that the transaction would allow Broadcom to restrict competition in the market for certain hardware components which interoperate with VMware's software,\" the Commission said in a statement.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/eu-opens-antitrust-probe-into-broadcoms-61-bln-vmware-bid","seolocationalt":"EU opens antitrust probe into Broadcom's $61 bln VMware bid","url_seo":"eu-opens-antitrust-probe-into-broadcoms-61-bln-vmware-bid"},"96302322":{"msid":"96302322","stname":"Microsoft redesigns Skype with new themes, colour options","artsyn":"\"The theme colours have been updated from last year's release and we've added additional colour options so you can choose your very own favourite colour on light and dark theme for Skype. These beautiful new vibrant colours can now be seen more prominently throughout the product,\" Microsoft said in a blogpost.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/microsoft-redesigns-skype-with-new-themes-colour-options","seolocationalt":"Microsoft redesigns Skype with new themes, colour options","url_seo":"microsoft-redesigns-skype-with-new-themes-colour-options"},"96284906":{"msid":"96284906","stname":"App store avalanche forecast as Apple bows to EU demands","artsyn":"The bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA) will force Apple and fellow tech giant Google to provide space for third-party app stores on their respective iOS and Android devices.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/app-store-avalanche-forecast-as-apple-bows-to-eu-demands","seolocationalt":"App store avalanche forecast as Apple bows to EU demands","url_seo":"app-store-avalanche-forecast-as-apple-bows-to-eu-demands"},"96281729":{"msid":"96281729","stname":"Noventiq acquires India's leading Cloud managed services provider G7 CR","artsyn":"This acquisition further strengthens Noventiq's place as the leading player in the market for Microsoft solutions in India, one of the world's fastest growing IT markets.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/noventiq-acquires-indias-leading-cloud-managed-services-provider-g7-cr","seolocationalt":"Noventiq acquires India's leading Cloud managed services provider G7 CR","url_seo":"noventiq-acquires-indias-leading-cloud-managed-services-provider-g7-cr"},"96270588":{"msid":"96270588","stname":"Google rivals join forces in online maps","artsyn":"Alphabet-owned Google dominates online mapping, selling its services to other companies or platforms and using location and navigation capabilities to enhance its other offerings, including online advertising.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/google-rivals-join-forces-in-online-maps","seolocationalt":"Google rivals join forces in online maps","url_seo":"google-rivals-join-forces-in-online-maps"},"96266025":{"msid":"96266025","stname":"ChatGPT owner OpenAI projects $1 billion in revenue by 2024","artsyn":"OpenAI was most recently valued at $20 billion in a secondary share sale, one of the sources said. 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