Microsoft closes 69 billion Activision Blizzard deal
Microsoft completed its 69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, closing one of tech history’s costliest acquisitions. The CMA in the UK cleared the merger after an amended deal addressing cloud gaming concerns, while the FTC in the United States remains poised to challenge.
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Kaiser Permanente reaches tentative deal with unions
Unions representing 85,000 Kaiser workers reached a tentative contract after a strike over wages and staffing. The agreement includes minimum hourly wages of 25 in California and 23 elsewhere, plus a 21 percent wage boost over four years. Ratification begins next week. voting and talks focused on patient care and subcontracting protections.
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UAW expands strike pattern with possible new plants
UAW president Shawn Fain says the union will call out plants with little notice as needed, breaking Friday-only pattern while bargaining with GM Stellantis and Ford. About 33,700 workers are on strike after initial actions targeting one assembly plant per company and later adding 38 GM and Stellantis parts warehouses and a Kentucky Ford plant. Ford says it has reached its limit on settlement money, while the union criticizes that stance and notes workers have waited years for raises and retirement security.
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Black student sent to alternative program over hairstyle dispute
Darryl George 18, a Barbers Hill High School junior in Mont Belvieu Texas, will be moved from in school suspension to EPIC an alternative education program from Oct 12 to Nov 29 for alleged failure to comply with campus rules. His family denies dress code violation and has filed complaints with the Texas Education Agency and a federal civil rights lawsuit.
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