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Xbox's Head Phil Spencer On The Microsoft-Activision Deal: 'I'm Confident We'll Find Solutions'

Benzinga

Xbox head Phil Spencer said Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT ) had an unwavering commitment to the anticipated acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI ) and having confidence in its completion.

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PreMarket Prep Stock Of The Day: Buffett's Risk-On Approach To Activision Blizzard

Benzinga

stake in Activision Blizzard Inc. Since it has been quite some time since Buffett has dabbled in the risk arbitrage space, the topic was discussed on Monday’s PreMarket Prep Show. As of Friday’s close, Activision Blizzard was trading at a substantial discount (19.4%) to the proposed takeover price ($95 vs. $75.60).

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2022 End-of-Year Reader Q&A: Bank and School Rankings, the “New Normal” Environment, Twitter and Other Bad Deals, and Plans for Next Year

Brian DeChesare

But let’s start with my favorite topic: “ranking” banks, schools, and maybe a TV series or three. Q: Will Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard go through? Whether it “should” go through is interesting because Activision Blizzard is a broken company , as anyone who plays games knows. Should It?

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The Gamification of Banking

Reynolds Holding

Thus far, however, little has been written about the gamification of banking – the topic of our recent article. [3] 13] See Zaheer Kachwala, Microsoft looks to close Activision deal next week, The Verge reports , Reuters, Oct. 16] For example, Microsoft entered a partnership with U.S. See Dirk A. Zetzsche et. 272 (2020). [13]

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Cooley Discusses “Internal Control over Sustainability Reporting”

Reynolds Holding

SideBar Fraud risk is one topic that typically finds its way onto the agendas of audit committees. For example, Enforcement brought charges regarding control violations against GE (see this PubCo post ), HP, Inc.

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SEC Commissioner Peirce Dissents from Rules on Cybersecurity Disclosure

Reynolds Holding

Today’s rule, by contrast, reads like a test run for future overly prescriptive, overly costly disclosure rules covering a never-ending list of hot topics. ENDNOTES [1] Release at 5 (citing CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 13] For example, in the recent Activision Blizzard Inc. 45] How is that reasonable? 33-10459 (Feb.

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Commissioner Dissents from SEC Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures

Reynolds Holding

The Commission adopts an entirely new subpart of Regulation S-K and an entirely new article of Regulation S-X for one topic – climate change – applicable to all public companies. See, e.g. , In the Matter of Activision Blizzard, Inc., Tornadoes are included as an example of a “severe weather event” in today’s rule. [10]