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Google parent company Alphabet Inc advanced nearer to joining peers Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club on Wednesday as the search giant`s shares surged more than 8% following a blowout quarterly report.

A new month is here and with it comes events and news items that can drive the direction of stocks and certain sectors. Heres a look at some ETFs that should be on investors radars for the month of February. Roundhill BITKRAFT Esports & Digital Entertainment ETF (NYSE: NERD ) Launched: June 2019 Assets Under Management: $53 million Price: $23.45 52-Week Range: $21.71 to $39.37 Year-to-date: -5.0% One of the biggest themes in 2022 has been acquisitions in the video game space. The activity heating up could make video game ETFs like NERD worth taking a look at. Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT ) announced it was buying Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI ) for $95 a share in the largest video game deal ever. Other big deals include Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO ) buying Zynga Inc (NASDAQ: Full story available on Benzinga.com

Melinda French Gates Will No Longer Give Bulk Of Her Wealth To Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Maybe it was a constant reminder of Bill Gates'' friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, or maybe she''s just made too many promises to too many pool boys - but Melinda French Gates is no longer going to donate the bulk of her wealth to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . French Gates made the change in late 2021 Giving Pledge letter following her divorce from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, however at the time she didn''t specify that it would go to the Gates Foundation, according to the Wall Street Journal . "I think philanthropy is most effective when it prioritizes flexibility over ideologyand why in my work at the foundation and Pivotal Ventures Ill continue to seek out new partners, ideas, and perspectives," she wrote. Still, French Gates says she still plans to give most of her fortune away, spreading it among various philanthropic endeavors, according to people familiar with the matter. She launched Pivotal Ventures in 2015 to focus on issues affecting women and families, including paid-leave policies and an effort to get more women into technology and public office.

Win for application security: Microsoft aims to help protect software supply chains by integrating its Sentinel SIEM and GitHub repositories.

Sony''s purchase of "Destiny" developer Bungie, Inc. for $3.6 billion wasn''t just a response to Microsoft''s recent acquisition of Activision.

Google parent Alphabet Inc advanced nearer to joining peers Apple and Microsoft in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club on Wednesday as the search giant''s shares surged more than 8% following a blowout quarterly report.

Larry Robbins healthcare-heavy hedge fund was able to post much smaller losses than the various health care indices.

Billionaire Melinda French Gates will no longer give the bulk of her fortune to the foundation she started with her ex-husband, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, according to a report, which cites people familiar.

Financial Cycle Down, War Cycle Up – Charles Nenner Warns Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com , Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner says his cycle analysis shows the highs are in for the stock market, and it’s downhill from here—way downhill. Nenner’s analysis show major support was breached at the beginning of 2022 . Nenner explains, “If it closes below the trend line, you better get out of the stock market, and it did. Now, in January, it has closed much lower that all the quarterly lows." " This is not making lows on a daily chart but a quarterly chart, and that is much more important than short term . . . . I did a report about how many stocks are in an uptrend and how many stocks are in a down trend. I think 50% is already in a bear market. There are just a few stocks that are holding up the market, like . . . Microsoft, Apple, Google. I looked into what the earnings are . . . it was clear they are never going to sustain those prices… ...I think 1% of the stocks are holding up 40% of the S&P.

Will the hit game imminently be locked behind a paywall or stay as it is? What about ads? The NYT’s head of games explains the plan In a month of spectacular video game industry buyouts, symbolised by Microsoft’s incredible $68bn swoop for Activision Blizzard , there is one purchase that has sent paroxysms of fear across the planet. On Monday, the New York Times revealed that it had bought the viral megahit Wordle for a “low seven figure sum”. The web-based word puzzle, which launched in October, was originally intended as a gift from software engineer Josh Wardle to his partner. But it has become a viral sensation, amassing an audience of millions – and key to its appeal is the fact that it’s free, with no ads. So what does a big newspaper like the New York Times want with a game like Wordle, and what happens next? Continue reading…

Ben Thompson / Stratechery : How the acquisitions of Zynga by Take-Two, Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, and Bungie by Sony reveal an industry evolution that extends far beyond gaming Another week, another gaming acquisition. First Take-Two acquired Zynga, then Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard

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A couple weeks ago, Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for a hefty sum of $68.7 billion. We all knew that that wasn’t the last we were going to hear of the matter, and we were right. According to Bloomberg, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now reviewing this whole acquisition. The FTC is reviewing the Activision […] Read More... The post The FTC Is Reviewing Microsoft''s Purchase Of Activision Blizzard appeared first on Android Headlines .