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The Federal Trade Commission says it it appealing a judge’s ruling that would have allowed Microsoft to close its deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard The Federal Trade Commission says it it appealing a judge 's ruling that would have allowed Microsoft to close its deal to buy video Game company Activision Blizzard. A Wednesday court filing from the FTC says it is appealing it to the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Antitrust enforcers at the FTC have been trying to stop Microsoft's $68.7 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard, maker of popular Game franchises like Call of Duty, arguing it will harm com Pet ition in the video Game industry. But in a Tuesday ruling , U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley denied the FTC's request to block the deal from closing. She said the FTC hadn't shown that the merger would cause serious harm and was unlikely to prevail if it took the case to a full trial. Microsoft had pro...

A Peruvian judge has affirmed this week’s planned extradition to the U.S. of the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway LIMA, Peru -- A Peruvian judge on Tuesday affirmed this week's planned extradition to the U.S. of the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway. The judge's ruling came less than 24 hours after the attorney for Dutchman Joran van der Sloot filed a writ of habeas corpus in an attempt to stop the custody transfer. Magistrate Elmer Morales informed the suspect of his decision in writing. Law enforcement authorities scheduled the extradition for Thursday. Van der Sloot's attorney, Máximo Altez, filed the challenge Monday after his client changed his mind and decided to fight the government's decision to send him to the U.S. to be prosecuted on wire fraud and extortion charges. Van der Sloot earlier had indicated he wouldn't challenge the extradition, but Al...