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Immigration Minister Marc Miller says international students will be able to work off-campus up to 24 hours per week starting in September.
Microsoft and British regulators won more time from a court Monday as the U.S. tech company uses a rare second chance to overcome opposition to its US$69 billion bid for video game maker Activision Blizzard.
The judge conditionally approved their joint request to delay the appeal that Microsoft set in motion after watchdogs initially rejected the deal. The regulator later pushed back its final decision so it can consider Microsoft's argument that new developments mean its blockbuster purchase of the Call of Duty game maker should go through.
The merger has already won approval in the European Union and a slew of countries but has faced opposition from antitrust regulators in Britain and the United States.
The U.K. blocked the deal on concerns that it would stifle competition in the small but fast-growing cloud gaming market.
The U.K. position, however, appears to be softening. The watchdog said last week that it's giving itself six extra weeks to consider Microsoft's submission outlining new developments and "special reasons" why the deal should be approved.
Both sides had said they were asking the Competition Appeal Tribunal for the delay after a court in the U.S. thwarted the Federal Trade Commission's efforts to stop the acquisition.
Judge Marcus Smith indicated he would scrutinize the "troubling application" to delay the appeal after an earlier request was denied.
Smith said he wanted assurances from the Competition and Markets Authority that the FTC's failure to block the deal played no part in its reasoning for requesting a delay to give Microsoft another chance.
Another sign that momentum for the deal is growing came Sunday when Microsoft said it has signed a 10-year agreement with Sony to keep the popular Call of Duty video game series on the PlayStation console if the merger goes through.
The Call of Duty series of games, made by Activision, has been a flashpoint in the battle over the acquisition. Sony has fiercely resisted the deal by Microsoft, which makes the Xbox console, over worries that it would lose access to Call of Duty.
As it tried to win over regulators around the world, Microsoft has been signing provisional deals to license Activision titles like Call of Duty to Nintendo and some cloud gaming providers. Sony had been holding out until now.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller says international students will be able to work off-campus up to 24 hours per week starting in September.
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