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Ackman Buys 3.1 Million Netflix Shares With $1.25 Billion Profit From Massive Treasury Short A few days ago we pointed out that one of the event risks in a sliding market is distressed M&A in which cash-rich buyers scoop up beaten down assets, and of which we have already seen two examples: Microsoft''s acquisition of a deeply depressed Activision and more recently, last week''s acquisition of Kohl''s by a consortium of buyers. Distressed M&A #2: Consortium Led by Acacia Research Bids Roughly $9 Billion for Kohl’s: WSJ As the bid(en)less market crashes, cash-heavy buyers will scoop up deals — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 22, 2022 But it''s not just strategics that are finding good deals: financial buyers are also jumping in, as a tweet from Bill Ackman late on Wednesday showed. The billionaire investor behind Pershing Square took the novel path of announcing on twitter that he had purchased "purchased more than 3.1m shares of @netflix which makes us a top-20 holder." Ackman, who also linked to a brief letter to investors laying out his thinking behind the purchase, said that "I have long admired Reed Hastings and the remarkable company he and his team have built.

Last week, quality assurance testers at Activision Blizzard division Raven Software formed the first union at a major U.S. gaming company, comprising their 34-member unit. But last night, the gaming giant which is slated to be acquired by Microsoft for $67.8 billion announced that it will not voluntarily recognize this union. Now, the []

NASDAQ: ATVI fell for the second consecutive day to start the week on Tuesday, as the ongoing tech weakness has halted any momentum from last week. Sh

Activision Blizzard game-testing workers in Wisconsin are expected to file for a union with the National Labor Relations Board.

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Activision plans to release at least the next three Call of Duty games on both Sony and Microsoft consoles, Bloomberg reports . The new report should be a sigh of relief to fans who were worried Microsoft would immediately make new Call of Duty games Xbox exclusive if its blockbuster acquisition of Activision goes through . According to Bloomberg , Activision had already committed to bring the next few Call of Duty titles to PlayStation sometime before Microsofts acquisition was announced. Last week, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said he told Sony that Microsoft wants to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation and that the company intends to honor existing agreements, so it seems like Activisions commitment with Sony will stay in place. Continue reading

Sony''s (SONY) PlayStation will get the next few releases in Activision Blizzard''s (ATVI) annual best-selling Call of Duty series, Bloomberg reports

Blizzard, one-half of the Activision Blizzard publishing mega-corporation at the heart of numerous lawsuits for discrimination and abuse, has announced a new survival game a week after being acquired by Microsoft and days after a fellow Activision Blizzard subsidiary announced the formation of a new union.

The week of Jan. 24 features earnings from many large-cap companies including around half of the 30 companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Index . Here is a look at five stocks investors should watch this week of the many earnings reports happening. Microsoft Corporation: Technology giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT ) reports second-quarter financial results after the market close Tuesday. This will mark the first quarterly report from Microsoft since it announced its acquisition of video game company Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI ), which is its largest acquisition of all time. Microsoft has beat Street estimates for quarterly revenue in 11 straight quarters, according to Benzinga Pro . The analyst estimate for the second quarter is $50.9 billion. Investors will also be watching comments from the company on how the acquisition could boost the companys gaming division in the future. McDonalds: Many casual dining and fine dining restaurants were hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic with restrictions.

A team of former Blizzard, Ubisoft, and Activision execs have founded a new publishing and development studio called New Tales.

Japanese company seeks to leverage strength in hardware as battle shifts to cloud services and exclusive software

From Ashneer Grovers voluntary leave of absence to Microsofts plan to buy Activision; here is a look at some key events that took place last week.

Microsoft scoops up Activision and Netflix loses almost a quarter of its value in one day. Those two items alone were enough to mark a busy week in the tech sector.

Members of Raven Software''s QA team have formed the Game Workers Alliance Union and are asking Activision Blizzard to recognize.

Quality assurance workers at Raven Software, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, have created one of the first AAA game studio union called the Game Workers Alliance and are asking for formal recognition from Activision Blizzard.