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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Amazon's $1.7 billion deal to buy Roomba maker iRobot gets UK approval

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

British antitrust regulators cleared Amazon’s purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot on Friday, but the $1.7 billion deal still faces scrutiny in the United States and Europe.

The Competition and Markets Authority said it decided not to escalate its initial investigation because it concluded that the deal would not result in a “substantial lessening of competition” within the United Kingdom.

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