Wednesday Digest: First Republic looks to sell off billions in assets; SFMTA’s board shakeup


Good morning, Bay Area. Starting the day with M&A, Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion takeover of California-based Activision Blizzard Inc. has been vetoed by Britain’s antitrust watchdog, in a blow for the gaming industry’s biggest ever deal. Closer to home here in city politics, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday repealed a local law that prevented city employees from traveling to or doing business with companies in states that had passed laws limiting LGBTQ rights, voting rights and abortion…

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