The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard. In an order issued Thursday, the FTC said it had determined that “the public interest is best served by dismissing the administrative litigation in this case.

The FTC wants to prove Meta has a monopoly over personal social networking, so it wouldn’t view video app TikTok as a competitor.

After losing key court fights, the FTC is moving on from its effort to undo the biggest gaming acquisition in history.

The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission has voted to dismiss a lawsuit against PepsiCo that the previous commission filed in the waning days of the Biden administration.

The FTC voted to dismiss a lawsuit filed in the last days of the Biden administration that had accused PepsiCo of offering sweetheart pricing to big retailers.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially dropped its case against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The FTC filed an order to dismiss its complaint on Thursday, just days after it lost an appeal for a preliminary injunction to prevent Microsoft from finalizing its acquisition.

Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard cleared its final U.S. regulatory hurdle as the FTC dropped its challenge, capping a nearly two-year legal battle.

Between May 3 and May 9, someone used a Saratoga resident’s personal identifying information to make three purchases on the internet for a total loss of about $527.09. Recovered stolen vehicle: At 5:45 a.

Southern California Edison (SCE), a unit of utility Edison International , agreed on Friday to pay $82.5 million to settle claims with the U.S. Forest Service for costs and damages resulting from the Bobcat Fire in 2020.

Meta concluded its defense in the FTC’s antitrust trial, calling WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton and a former Instagram infrastructure executive to argue that