The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday that it’s investigating Amazon’s proposed takeover of Roomba maker iRobot, adding to the already sizable regulatory challenges facing the $1.7 billion deal. The British antitrust regulator wrote that it’s investigating whether the acquisition would lead to a “substantial lessening of competition” and requested public comment on the...
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