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Microsoft takes action to secure approval for its acquisition of Activision Blizzard

by archyde

Microsoft is taking an interesting approach to securing regulatory approval for its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, in a file recently spotted by the Rock Paper Shotgun, the company told the New Zealand Commerce Commission.

“There is nothing unique about video games developed and published by Activision Blizzard, which is a ‘must’ for distributors of competing PC and console video games that raise foreclosure concerns,” the company says in the document. Activision Blizzard bestsellers like Call of Duty won’t stop competitors like Sony from competing against it.

This appears to be a meaningless argument about a company Microsoft plans to spend $68.7 billion to acquire, yet it is a claim the tech giant is making in response to its rivals. She has a competitor.” He argues that the franchise is so popular that it affects which consoles people buy according to Engadget.

Sony can probably speak from its experience, in 2015, the company announced an agreement with Activision that saw some Call of Duty content reach PlayStation consoles first.

Downplaying Call of Duty is just one of the ways Microsoft has tried to placate regulators. In February, the company pledged that it would continue to make the franchise available on PlayStation consoles beyond the end of any agreements Sony and Activision were in place before the acquisition was announced, more recently. The company announced a work-neutrality agreement with the Communications Workers of America, which has been organizing video game workers across the industry.

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Health

What is orthorexia, the obsession with eating healthy?

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The specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition at the HM Modelo Hospital, Iria Rodríguez, has warned of the danger of suffering from orthorexia, an eating disorder characterized by an obsessive fixation on food that the patient considers healthywith recurrent and persistent preoccupation with food.

“Sometimes this obsession begins with a diet that is proposed to deal with some type of pathology that requires a certain nutritional management and others simply because of the desire to have a healthier diet”, he said.

In addition, according to the HM Hospitales specialist, it is accompanied by a stiffness and inflexibility in the diet that ends up leading to psychological deteriorationgenerating anxiety or stress, and that can affect social behaviour, avoiding, for example, eating out.

Also, this restriction of certain foods can reach trigger other endocrine diseases such as vitamin and mineral deficiencies, menstrual disorders, osteoporosis and even malnutrition and low weight. The criteria followed by a person with orthorexia can be very different.

Sometimes the obsession focuses only on the quality of the food or the way it is grown or manufactured, and on other occasions it consists of restriction of some food group due to the mistaken belief that they contain toxic substances or because they think they are unhealthy.

“In any case, they always tend to be very rigid self-imposed rules for alleged health reasons, but they are often wrong”, Rodríguez emphasized, to report that orthorexia “is fundamentally combated with prevention, with nutritional education for the population from reliable sources, avoiding less rigorous information that is currently disseminated through the social networks”.

What is appropriate and recommended on a day-to-day basis, as indicated, is to wear aa healthy, complete, balanced and varied diet, such as the Mediterranean, which includes all the foods necessary to cover our needs for micro and macronutrients and which helps prevent cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes and even some types of cancer.

“But if we occasionally skip it It will not significantly affect our health. We must not become obsessed or have feelings of guilt or anxiety”, has settled the specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition at the HM Modelo Hospital.

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Economy

Details of the Public Investment Fund’s acquisition of a share of a famous Japanese game company

by archyde

Al-Marsad newspaper: The Public Investment Fund acquired a 5% stake in a famous gaming company.

The fund bought 5% of the shares of the famous Japanese video game company “Nintendo”, which developed the game “Super Mario”.

The Public Investment Fund increased its investments in video game companies in the past two years, as it had previously invested in Activision Blizzard, which was bought by Microsoft.

The percentage of investments amounted to about 69 billion dollars, and the fund owns 37.9 million shares, representing 5% of the shares of the company producing the “call of duty” game.

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Economy

Vodafone: Etisalat’s acquisition of a stake in the parent company does not affect operations in Egypt

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Ayman Essam, Head of the External and Government Relations Sector at Vodafone Egypt, said, commenting on the acquisition of Emirates Etisalat Group On 9.8% of Vodafone International, the company in Egypt is concerned with managing operations in the country and is not concerned with the investment decisions of Vodafone International, and this acquisition has no effect on operations in Egypt and the Egyptian market.

The Emirates Telecommunications Group Company, “Etisalat Group”, announced that it had acquired approximately 2.766 million shares from the Vodafone Group, which represents 9.8% of the company’s capital, excluding treasury shares, at a purchase cost of $4.4 billion.

This came in a disclosure from the Emirates Telecommunications Group to the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange, and the group said that it had invested in Vodafone with the aim of benefiting from the expertise of the world’s leading company in the field of communications and services.

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Technology

Sony acquires Bungee, the creator of Halo

by archyde
Play Station affiliated with Sony, at a time when the Japanese giant is working to strengthen its network of producers of popular games such as "Spider Man" In a race with competitors who have a lot of money.

unit head said Sony The corp responsible for the PlayStation, Jim Ryan: "This (Bungee Deal) is an important step in our strategy to expand the reach of PlayStation to a much wider audience".

Bungee will be an independent unit in Sony Interactive Entertainment It is managed by its Board of Directors headed by CEO Pete Parsons.

and provided MicrosoftSales of its Xbox game console are far less than those of Sony’s PlayStation, and Activision Blizzard, the game’s maker, puts $69 billion in sales. "call of Duty" Earlier in January, according to Reuters.

said gaming analyst at Ampere Analysys, Pierce Harding Rolls "While this is one of the largest acquisitions Sony has ever made, the amount Microsoft paid shows the fierce competition in the sector.".

Benji, based in Washington and owned by Microsoft before it became a private company in 2007, worked in the video game series. "Hello" When she was under the management of the software giant, she also worked on games among them "marathon" And"ميث".

and planning Become Currently hiring more talents for "Destiny 2", which is a video game that I previously published "Activision Blizzard".

Witness the sector Video games A flurry of merger deals to take advantage of the increased demand caused by the pandemic, with new deals that reduce the line between computer game companies and mobile game makers as these companies search for new revenue.

The sector is on track to set a new record of $150 billion in deals, financing and IPOs this year, according to investment banking firm Drake Star Partners.

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The American company said in a tweet that “Bengy” will join the family Play Station A Sony subsidiary, the Japanese conglomerate builds up its network of blockbuster game producers such as “Spiderman” in a race with big-money rivals.

unit head said Sony Corp. responsible for PlayStation, Jim Ryan: “This (bungee deal) is an important step in our strategy to expand the reach of PlayStation to a much wider audience.”

Bungee will be an independent unit in Sony Interactive Entertainment It is managed by its Board of Directors headed by CEO Pete Parsons.

and provided MicrosoftSales of its Xbox game console are far below those of Sony’s PlayStation, and Activision Blizzard, the maker of the “Call of Duty” game, reported $69 billion earlier in January, according to Reuters.

“While this is one of the largest acquisitions Sony has ever made, the amount Microsoft has paid shows the fierce competition in the sector,” said Pierce Harding Rolls, gaming analyst at Ampere Analytics.

Washington-based Benji, which was owned by Microsoft before it became a private company in 2007, worked on the Halo video game series while under the software giant, and worked on games including “Marathon” and “Meth”.

and planning Become Currently hiring more talents forDestiny 2It is a video game previously published by Activision Blizzard.

Witness the sector Video games A flurry of merger deals to take advantage of the increased demand caused by the pandemic, with new deals that reduce the line between computer game companies and mobile game makers as these companies search for new revenue.

The sector is on track to set a new record of $150 billion in deals, financing and IPOs this year, according to investment banking firm Drake Star Partners.

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Economy

10 companies own 88.2% of the Dubai market index

by archyde
(MENAFN– Al-Bayan)

The semi-annual review of the weights of the companies listed in the Dubai Financial Market Index showed that 10 listed companies accounted for 88.2% of the weight of the index, while the weight of the largest 20 companies in the index reached about 98.69%.

Three companies came at the top of the list of listed companies with the most weight in the general index of the market, namely “Emaar Properties” by 20%, “Emirates NBD” by 20%, and “Dubai Islamic Bank” by 20%, with a combined share of 60% of the total weight pointer. The data on the weights of companies in the index, as in January 2022, indicated that “Dubai Investment Company” came in fourth place, with a share of 6.08%, then “Emirates Integrated Telecommunications” 5.54%, then “Dubai Financial Market” with 3.95%, and Air Arabia 3.71%, Aramex 3.32%, Emaar Development 3.26%, Mashreq Bank 2.35%, Commercial Dubai 1.8%, Deyaar Development 1.56%, and Damac 1.27 “Amanat” 1.04%, “Tabreed” 1.03%, and “Union Properties” 1.02%.

The rest of the companies came with shares of less than 1%, including “Ajman Bank” 0.95%, “Shuaa Capital” 0.65%, “Amlak” 0.64%, “Islamic Arab Insurance” 0.52%, “Gulf Navigation” 0.24%, and “Oman Insurance” 0.18%, “Dubai Islamic Insurance” 0.14%, “National Cement” 0.13%, “Arabtec Holding” 0.12%, “Dubai Insurance” 0.11%, and “Dubai National Insurance and Reinsurance” 0.1% .

Most Influential Banks

According to the data, the shares of the banking sector were the most influential in the market index, after 5 of the sector’s shares acquired 45.1% of the general index, namely “Dubai Islamic”, “Emirates NBD”, “Mashreq”, “Dubai Commercial” and “Bank Bank” Ajman.

The real estate sector came in second place, among the most influential in the market index, after 7 of the sector’s shares acquired 27.29 percent of the general index, namely “Emaar Properties”, “Emaar Development”, “DAMAC”, “Union Properties” and “Emaar Properties” Deyaar Development, Arabtec Holding, Drake & Scull International.

The company’s weight in the index is measured by the number of free shares available for trading, by excluding government shares, and the total holdings amounting to 5% or more in the company’s capital. From 10 main items, including free stocks, market value and benchmark ratios.

Islamic Index

In a related context, the Dubai Financial Market also announced the update of the weights of the companies included in the Islamic market index, according to the quarterly review. Emaar Properties, Dubai Investments, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications and Dubai Islamic came in. , ranked first, as the largest companies in weight in the index, with about 10% each, with a total of 40%, then “Dubai Financial Market” with a share of 8.34%, “Air Arabia” 7.77%, “Emaar Development” 7.61%, and “Aramex” 6.42%, GFH 6.01%, Deyaar Development 3.39%, Tabreed 3.12%, Union Properties 2.84%, Amanat 2.51%, and Ajman Bank 2.07% .

The Dubai Financial Market also announced the results of the semi-annual review of a sample of securities eligible for short sale, as in January 2022. It includes “Air Arabia”, “Aman”, “Amanat Holdings”, “Al Mal Capital REIT” and “Amlak Finance” “Aramex”, “Shimmera Standard & Poor’s Emirates Eusets Trader – Tranche A – cumulative return”, “Shimmera S&P Emirates Sharia Trader”, “Deyaar Development”, “Dubai Financial Market” and “Dubai Islamic”, Dubai Investments, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications, Emaar Properties, Emaar Development, GFH, Salama, Shuaa Capital, Tabreed, Union Properties, and Emirates NBD.

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