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Amazon's Whole Foods deal could still be reversed thanks to forgotten antitrust case

  • Written by Ramsi Woodcock, Professor of Legal Studies, Georgia State University
imageAmazon may make it impossible for Whole Foods rivals to compete.AP Photo/Julie Jacobson

Amazon formally takes ownership of Whole Foods after the Federal Trade Commission signaled on August 23 that it wouldn’t stop the deal.

The online retailer isn’t wasting any time remaking the high-end grocery chain in its low-price image. Its first...

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