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However, the United States is one market that Microsoft cannot close around.

The injunction request was timed carefully to cause as much damage to the deal as possible.

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If the deal falls through, Microsoft would have to pay ABK $3 billion dollars for the trouble.

“After today’s court decision in the U.S., our focus now turns back to the UK.

A private equity company might also be interested, said one person.”

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It seems unlikely that it will, though.

The FTC is, after all, funded by taxpayers.

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We’ll have to wait and see.

From here, the deal still faces some hurdles.

There are still potential legal headaches down the road too.

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Don’t expect the saga to end just yet.

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