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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is throwing caution over the idea of a quick resolution to its concerns around Microsoft’s proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition. Microsoft and UK regulators were extremely quick to issue statements over their intention to pause their Activision battle to negotiate after Microsoft won a key FTC legal fight yesterday. But now, the UK regulator says Microsoft’s proposals may “lead to a new merger investigation.”
In a statement to The Verge, supplied by CMA media officer Billy Proudlock, the regulator warns that the discussions with Microsoft are at an early stage:
Whilst merging parties don’t have the opportunity to put forward new remedies once a final report has been issued, they can…