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The biggest merger in tech industry history just got the green light.

On Tuesday, a federal judge in California denied the Federal Trade Commission's request for a preliminary injunction seeking to block Microsoft's monster $69 billion deal to acquire games-maker Activision Blizzard -- in effect, giving the merger the go-ahead. Mark it as a major loss for FTC chair Lina Khan.

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Source Fool.com