Amazon-Whole Foods merger gets green light from U.S. government

(CNN) – The U.S. government won’t try to stop Amazon’s $13.7 billion takeover of Whole Foods, a deal that has massive implications for both e-commerce and how we shop for food.
The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that it’s looked into whether the merger would hurt competition and has decided to drop its investigation.
 “We have decided not to pursue this matter further,” the FTC said in a statement.
 
No other government agencies need to