European regulator won't require notification for Activision/Microsoft - report
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Europe's antitrust regulator won't require Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to re-notify the authority about its planned $69 billion acquisition of Activision (NASDAQ:ATVI) after its new remedy to the UK antitrust regulator. 
Two third parties have received inquiries from the European Commission about the remedy proposal and have no issues with it and have submitted feedback saying so, according to a Dealreporter item on Wednesday, which cited familiar sources.
Microsoft (MSFT) and Activision (ATVI) hope that the EC will tell them as soon as next week that the transaction will not need a new filing with the regulator, according to the report.
The latest update comes after Reuters reported on Tuesday that the EC was asking Microsoft (MSFT) rivals and customers about the software giant's remedy with the UK.
The U.K.'s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, last month opened a probe into a newly restructured deal by Microsoft (MSFT) to buy Activision (ATVI). The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has set a deadline of Oct. 18 for its probe of the revised deal.
Under the new deal, Microsoft (MSFT) will not acquire the cloud streaming rights to all current and future Activision (ATVI) games released in the next 15 years. These rights will instead be divested to the French group Ubisoft Entertainment (OTCPK:UBSFY).

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