Wal-Mart In Talks to Buy Jet.com: WSJ

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is in talks to buy online discount retailer Jet.com according to the Wall Street Journal in what would mark a disappointing end for one of the most ambitious challengers to Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).

The deal could be valued around $3 billion. Wal-mart has a market cap of $226 billion and has struggled to build its online arm.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
WMT WALMART INC. 89.50 -0.94 -1.04%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INC. 201.45 +4.33 +2.20%

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