Amazon's $13.7b Whole Foods buy wins regulatory, shareholder approvals

Amazon's $13.7b Whole Foods buy wins regulatory, shareholder approvals

A customer enters the Whole Foods Market in Superior, Colorado United States July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Amazon.com Inc and Whole Foods Market Inc on Wednesday cleared two major hurdles needed to close Amazon‘s $13.7 billion acquisition of the natural grocery chain, with approvals from a U.S. competition regulator and Whole Foods shareholders.

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