UK finance minister Hunt met Microsoft's Smith earlier on Tuesday -source

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LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt met Microsoft President Brad Smith earlier on Tuesday, a government source said.

Microsoft's Smith is searching for solutions to try to win British approval for the software giant's $69 billion acquisition of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard after Britain's competition authority blocked the deal in April.

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper, writing by Sarah Young; editing by William James)

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