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Amazon is buying Whole Foods in $13.7B deal

Posted June 16, 2017

Updated June 21, 2017

The Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — Online juggernaut Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion, including debt.

Amazon.com Inc. will pay $42 per share of Whole Foods Market Inc.

The deal is targeted to close in the second half of the year.

FILE – This Feb. 7, 2007 file photo shows The Whole Foods Market in Portland, Maine. Online juggernaut Amazon announced Friday, June 16, 2017, that it is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion, including debt. Amazon.com Inc. will pay $42 per share of Whole Foods Market Inc.
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