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Activision Blizzard to Pay Around $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover
15Dec By adminNo Comments
Technology

Activision Blizzard to Pay Around $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover

Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $50 million to settle a high-profile lawsuit by a California regulator that helped spur Microsoft’s October takeover of the videogame company, according to people familiar with the matter.California’s Civil Rights Department sued Activision in mid-2021, alleging its leadership ignored numerous employee complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination and pay disparity. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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It’s Game Over for the E3 Videogame Expo
13Dec By adminNo Comments
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It’s Game Over for the E3 Videogame Expo

Updated Dec. 13, 2023 8:22 am ETListen to article(1 minute)E3, the once-popular videogame expo, is powering down.The Entertainment Software Association, a videogame trade organization, said Tuesday it was ending its Electronic Entertainment Expo. The expo struggled to attract creators and top game companies in recent years. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Entain CEO Jette Nygaard-Andersen Steps Down
13Dec By adminNo Comments
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Entain CEO Jette Nygaard-Andersen Steps Down

Entain said Wednesday that Chief Executive Officer Jette Nygaard-Andersen will step down from the group with immediate effect and be replaced by nonexecutive Director Stella David on an interim basis.The FTSE 100 betting-and-gambling group said David will remain in the role until a full-time replacement has been found.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Apple, Google Get Billions From Their App Stores. That’s Now Under Threat.
13Dec By adminNo Comments
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Apple, Google Get Billions From Their App Stores. That’s Now Under Threat.

Updated Dec. 12, 2023 6:34 pm ETMonday’s court ruling that Google has operated an illegal app-store monopoly is the latest in a mounting series of threats to the $500 billion-a-year app-store economy, which has evolved into a profit machine for Apple and Google that helped define the smartphone era.A jury unanimously sided with Epic Games, saying that Google had harmed the videogame maker by maintaining an illegal monopoly. Google said it plans to appeal the verdict and stands by its business model. In a separate case that concluded in 2021, a federal judge largely ruled against Epic even as she ruled that Apple must allow third-party software makers to steer customers to payment options within their own apps. The outcome might ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court.Copyright ©2023 Do...
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A Trip to CosMc’s, McDonald’s New Space-Themed Takeout Chain
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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A Trip to CosMc’s, McDonald’s New Space-Themed Takeout Chain

By Heather Haddon | Photography by Lucy Hewett for The Wall Street Journal BOLINGBROOK, Ill.—CosMc’s has landed, but visiting now may take a few eons.McDonald’s new restaurant concept is drawing long lines of curiosity seekers since it opened in this Chicago suburb last weekend. The space-themed brand is the fast-food giant’s first new U.S. restaurant concept in its more than 60-year history, designed to deliver a beverage-heavy menu through takeout-focused locations built with multiple drive-throughs.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Choice Hotels Launches Hostile Bid for Wyndham
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Choice Hotels Launches Hostile Bid for Wyndham

Updated Dec. 12, 2023 7:05 am ETChoice Hotels is launching a hostile takeover offer for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, after repeatedly being rebuffed in its effort to strike a friendly deal.Choice on Tuesday unveiled what is called an exchange offer for Wyndham stock, appealing directly to its rival’s shareholders.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Google Loses Antitrust Case Brought by Epic Games
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Google Loses Antitrust Case Brought by Epic Games

Updated Dec. 11, 2023 11:35 pm ETGoogle lost an antitrust case over the market power of its app store on Monday, a blow to the search giant as it faces other legal challenges to its search dominance and ad tech business.Videogame maker Epic Games sued the search giant in 2020, alleging it used its dominant position to squeeze excess profits from app developers. The San Francisco jury reached a unanimous verdict after deliberating for less than four hours. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Google Loses Antitrust Case Brought by Epic Games
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Google Loses Antitrust Case Brought by Epic Games

Updated Dec. 11, 2023 11:35 pm ETGoogle lost an antitrust case over the market power of its app store on Monday, a blow to the search giant as it faces other legal challenges to its search dominance and ad tech business.Videogame maker Epic Games sued the search giant in 2020, alleging it used its dominant position to squeeze excess profits from app developers. The San Francisco jury reached a unanimous verdict after deliberating for less than four hours. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Hasbro Layoffs: Toy Company to Cut Nearly 20% of Workforce
11Dec By adminNo Comments
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Hasbro Layoffs: Toy Company to Cut Nearly 20% of Workforce

Updated Dec. 11, 2023 5:37 pm ETHasbro is cutting nearly 20% of its workforce as weak sales for toys and games persist into the critical holiday shopping period. The maker of Transformers action figures, the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game and Monopoly will cut about 1,100 jobs, on top of 800 layoffs earlier this year, Chief Executive Chris Cocks said Monday in a memo to employees viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Hasbro reported having about 6,500 employees as of the end of 2022.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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A Disney World Survival Kit: 7 Gadgets to Make Your Trip Cheaper and More Comfortable
10Dec By adminNo Comments
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A Disney World Survival Kit: 7 Gadgets to Make Your Trip Cheaper and More Comfortable

HERE I AM on Main Street in the Magic Kingdom—again. Neither I nor my wife long for this place. During our first family trip to Disney World in 2018, she had to swallow vats of Dramamine to stomach the rides. And I resented getting taken on the proverbial ones—being forced to pay $5 for a stale churro offends me. But when my in-laws decided to go this fall, we felt obliged to take our daughter with the rest of her cousins.Rob Daniel, 47, is well aware that parents need help braving Disney trips. For Ear Scouts, the YouTube channel he co-owns, the Celebration, Fla.-based web developer documents his weekly visits to the theme parks, reviews new attractions and compiles guides on how to get the most out of a visit. Armed with his advice and my own hard-won knowledge, I packed quite different...
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