Microsoft to Acquire Gamemaker Activision

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The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

The merger--and others like it--will be a potential bonanza for hedge funds and other firms focused on event-driven and merger-arbitrage investment strategies.

Establishment-critical narrative

This is more than twice as much money as recently pledged to fight poverty in the world's poorest countries. The rich world is investing in the well-funded entertainment industry while poor countries struggle with poverty, disease and climate change.


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