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Plus, Microsoft revises its Activision Takeover Plan in a bid to win backing from UK regulators.

And the US solar industry finds willing hosts above your storage unit.

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It's Tuesday, August 22nd.

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,

the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

And we begin with Big Tech, because Microsoft is once again attempting to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard.

According to a Microsoft blog post, a new deal proposal has been sent to UK regulators

that includes the transfer of cloud streaming rights for current and future Activision Blizzard games

to publisher Ubisoft Entertainment.

The UK's Competition Authority, which rejected the acquisition earlier this year,

said today it was reviewing the proposal and set an October deadline for a response.

Microsoft has now spent more than a year and a half trying to convince Competition Authorities around the world

to accept the $75 billion Activision Deal.

Investors are also dissecting chip designer arms plans for an initial public offering

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