it shows that now that activision is under the microsoft umbrella... that activision is under the microsoftoft umbrella... how big is the chinese _ microsoft umbrella... how big is the chinese market - microsoft umbrella... how big is the chinese market they - microsoft umbrella... how big| is the chinese market they are going after?— going after? this could be massive- _ going after? this could be massive. this _ going after? this could be massive. this game - going after? this could be massive. this game could j going after? this could be - massive. this game could add 10-15% massive. this game could add 10— 15% additional revenue opportunity for microsoft when it comes to blizzard and when it comes to blizzard and when it comes to these games. i mean, it's been a missing piece in the puzzle. and i think we microsoft word after activision this was one of the strategic, what i've used areas they needed to focus on. and as a check the box for modela and redmond. check the box for modela and redmond-— redmond. now, the netease blizzard deal— redmond. now, the netease blizzard deal on _ redmo

i think it shows a new era, especially on the gaming side, now that activision is under the microsoftow big is the chinese market that they're going after? i mean, this could be massive. i mean, when you think of it from a gaming perspective, this could incrementally add ten, 15% additional revenue opportunity for microsoft when it comes to blizzard and it comes to these games. i mean, it's been a missing piece in the puzzle. and i think when microsoft went after activision, this was one of the strategic — what i view as areas that they needed to focus on. and it's a check the box for nadella and redmond. now the netease in blizzard deal on world of warcraft and some other popular games broke down last year over intellectual property and control issues. is it likely that this pending resolution will sort of set the model for gaming access into china going forward? i think that's really the talk in the gaming world. i mean, this is this is pivotal. it's a potential watershed moment in the gaming sector. and especially when you have disagreement and microsoft backing it, this could real

netease has since reached a new deal with activision�*s new owner, microsoft.aid price pressures on grocers have eased as it reported bumper sales and profits for the past year. the uk's biggest supermarket chain said pre—tax profits hit £2.3 billion. the company said price inflation in groceries had "lessened substa ntially" but acknowledged that "things were still difficult for many customers". you may have heard of the langauge esperanto. it was aimed at making international communication easier, with everyone able to speak it alongside their mother tongue. well, it didn't really take off. but now, thanks to ai, conversing in another language, or as many as you like, has just become a bit of a cinch. here's james clayton. multiple languages overlap the world is more connected than ever. conversations with anyone, anywhere are just a click away. there's just one problem — we don't all speak the same language. i really, really wish that i could, but unfortunately i can't speak any other languages fluently other than english. what if i could speak polish? thank

or you've got the climate activision takes tree hugging very seriously. why makes forest hill the forest? every do use of the problem for springs popping to national or ship it brought what but gain on salt opera goes west coast in the coastal community that plays a key role in the luxury sea food market because it is home to one of the world's most expensive shell fish, but that leads the local fish of people come between the needs to make a living. and the needs to protect marine life. in the what is the doing by on south africa is west coast. dive is not on a mission to protect what they call white goals. the world's most highly prized shellfish beasts on tell and could be mistaken for a muscle. but the perfectly common flushed avenue is in fact, to snail with grazing habits, good health, to keep the count equal system in balance, that it's population is on the brink of extinction. due to poaching and illegal trade with asia, where it is a lucrative delicacy enduring by people are trying to provide alternatives and we are having 2 people on the farm cu

you're also having the fact that gaming is up like 48%, 44% contributed to activision. active users and think about that for penetration, for a.i. if you're looking for an a.i. investment we like this. now it is not cheap at 31 times earnings but they're monetizing the chatgpt. they have the ability from multiple levels to make money to be the future. again it is not a cheap company but we think the earnings growth is tremendous and it continues. liz: we have 10 techs, 10 seconds thanks to my compatriot charlie gasparino. how many fed rought cuts do you see this year. >> one or two. in the fourth quarter. liz: you're like us at "the claman countdown," we do not think it is three. here we go the closing bells cue them. [closing bell rings] s&p and that nasdaq up here. eking out modest gains. evercore isi head of research mark mahaney joins us. we're talking tech and more. larry: hello

the body eastern activision says he wants it. steve mnuchin, he's with the treasury secretary says he wants it. but coming up with couple 100 billion dollars is not going to be easy task. china says we don't want to sell it because it's a global lap and we look we got a winner winner chicken dinner like made in just china and like they don't want to sell it. so it will be dramatic. but ultimately i think it changes hands. and i think it's a good thing because you don't want the chinese government saying like education's bad, it's only that supported mike 13 year-olds, 15 year-olds brain. every guy is that i see both sides of this one, but i don't think it's going to go away. okay, because there's too many americans. it would freak out over 170 billion users of tiktok, for instance. all right. speaking of winner winner chicken dinner. >> maybe maybe chicken and the like. and all that fast food isn't winning. cause people these days, i guess are dieting. >> and they don't want to eat out. >> boats, gop one drugs. and you remember m

. >> the ftc suing microsoft to officially block its planned deal with activision. >> reporter: big pharmatics. >> reporter: big grocery. >> the government is trying to block the largest grocery store merger in american history. >> reporter: the ftc is an independent watchdog and warden of competition in business. >> when you have companies that are not disciplined by competition, oftentimes they can get away with abusing their customers, too big to care. there can be this basic indignity of being a consumer in america today, and that's what the ftc is trying to fix. >> reporter: kahn finds inspiration in the golden age of trust busting. when government broke up standard oil an the railroads. and views recent decades as easy street for big business. >> we are going to turn the bull loose. >> there was a clear policy decision back in the '80s that it was better for the government to be hands off. i think several decades on we're really living with the cost of those decisions. >> reporter: one of those costly decisions, she says, was consolidation of the u.s. aerospace industry. >> over the