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The CMA has taken unprecedented steps to reopen talks after the FTC, the U.S. regulator, failed to block it in court last week, becoming increasingly isolated from opponents.
UK antitrust regulators are waiting for Microsoft to offer a modified contract structure for its acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, the company's boss Sarah Cardell said Thursday.

"We understand from Microsoft that they would like to put forward proposals to us to restructure the deal, potentially re-notifying that deal, to address our competition concerns," she told Sky News. "If they do that we will consider those restructured proposals carefully."