That company then laid off nearly one-third of its work force. In a joint statement, the companies said they saw “no path to regulatory approval in the European Union.” But busybody American lawmakers also helped scuttle the deal.
Under the August 2022 acquisition agreement, Amazon intended to purchase iRobot for $1.65 billion. At that time, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the European Commission separately began investigating the proposed merger.
This story is from the May 2024 edition of Reason magazine.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the May 2024 edition of Reason magazine.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
Google Is Big. Is That Bad?
NO ONE HAS A MONOPOLY ON THE DEFINITION OF A MONOPOLY.
CAN ULTIMATE FRISBEE HEAL THE MIDDLE EAST?
FOR TEENAGERS IN IRAQI KURDISTAN AND ELSEWHERE, IT'S MORE THAN JUST A GAME.
Florida Drug Deaths Surged on Pam Bondi's Watch
WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD Trump announced his nomination of Pam Bondi as attorney general, he extolled her \"incredible job\" in \"work[ing] to stop the trafficking of deadly drugs and reduc[ing] the tragedy of Fentanyl Overdose Deaths.\"
The Strange Case of The Immortality Key
THOUGH THE SCIENCE journalist Michael Pollan called the book \"groundbreaking,\" Brian Muraresku's The Immortality Key is largely a rehash of others' work shaped into a Da Vinci Codestyle thriller.
LOVE, MONEY, AND SURROGACY
EVELYN AND WILL Clark met after college through mutual friends.
Trump vs. California: Round 2
CALIFORNIA WAS ONE of President Donald Trump's largest foes during his first term; the state sued his administration over 120 times.
The Future of AI in the Trump Administration
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S deregulatory impulses could be a boon to the AI industry, but his hostility to free trade threatens to undermine its progress. Policies from the first Trump administration and caustic campaign rhetoric caution against unqualified optimism.
Will We Get to the Bottom of COVID-19's Origin?
WILL THE INCOMING Trump administration and Republican Congress get to the bottom of how the COVID-19 pandemic began? There's every indication that they'll at least try.
you can't Evict Polly
HOW THE FAIR HOUSING ACT ENABLED THE RISE OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PARROTS, FROGS, AND EMUS
Gay Penguins Face the Ban Hammer
ONE FLORIDA SCHOOL district is facing a legal battle over its decision to ban a book about gay penguins.
