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Comment: Amazon’s iRobot deal likely to garner close regulatory scrutiny, deserved or not

By Natalie McNelis ( June 1, 2023, 16:41 GMT | Comment) -- Amazon’s plan to buy iRobot, notified to the European Commission today, is a deal that probably wouldn’t have raised objections some years ago. Yet today it will probably go through the regulatory wringer — and it might not come out in one piece in every jurisdiction. If Microsoft’s painful experience with its Activision acquisition is anything to go by, the EU likely won’t be Amazon’s biggest problem.Amazon's plan to buy iRobot, notified to the European Commission today (see here), is a deal that probably wouldn’t have raised any regulatory eyebrows a few years ago....

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