Mergers and Acquisitions

Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it would buy Whole Foods Market Inc for $13.7 billion, in an embrace of brick-and-mortar stores that could turn the high-end grocer into a mass-market merchant and upend the already struggling U.S. retail industry.

The merger that shook food and retail stocks on Friday - Amazon.com Inc.'s proposed deal to buy Whole Foods Market Inc. - rattled some employees of the upscale grocery chain who expressed fears ranging from layoffs to the loss of their laid-back corporate culture.

The merger that shook food and retail stocks on Friday - Amazon.com Inc.'s proposed deal to buy Whole Foods Market Inc. - rattled some employees of the upscale grocery chain who expressed fears ranging from layoffs to the loss of their laid-back corporate culture.

Amazon's $13.4 billion deal for Whole Foods sent grocery stores, big retailers, and food makers and distributors plunging Friday. Energy companies rose while other stocks were little changed.

Amazon's $13.4 billion deal for Whole Foods sent grocery stores, big retailers, and food makers and distributors plunging Friday. Energy companies rose while other stocks were little changed.

Amazon's Whole Foods buy isn't signed and sealed just yet...meaning other bidders could come to the table before the acquisition closes.

Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods Market is sending the stocks of grocery store operators and other companies that compete with Whole Foods plunging.

Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods Market is sending the stocks of grocery store operators and other companies that compete with Whole Foods plunging.

The tech-titan is feeling philanthropic amid his $13.7B play for Whole Foods.

Amazon’s bombshell deal to purchase Whole Foods grocery chain announced Friday could spell trouble for meal kit delivery services.

Amazon’s bombshell deal to purchase Whole Foods grocery chain announced Friday could spell trouble for meal kit delivery services.

Walmart says it's buying online men's clothing retailer Bonobos for $310 million in cash, showing that its appetite for hip clothing brands shows no sign of abating as it looks for ways to gain on Amazon.

Walmart says it's buying online men's clothing retailer Bonobos for $310 million in cash, showing that its appetite for hip clothing brands shows no sign of abating as it looks for ways to gain on Amazon.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Friday said it struck a deal to buy menswear retailer Bonobos for $310 million in cash, the latest in a string of recent acquisitions by Wal-Mart with its new e-commerce chief.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Friday said it struck a deal to buy menswear retailer Bonobos for $310 million in cash, the latest in a string of recent acquisitions by Wal-Mart with its new e-commerce chief.

The long-delayed $62 billion merger of chemical giants DuPont and Dow has been approved by U.S. antitrust regulators.

The long-delayed $62 billion merger of chemical giants DuPont and Dow has been approved by U.S. antitrust regulators.

A Chinese business news magazine says the chairman of the insurance company that bought New York City's Waldorf Hotel has been detained by regulators.