Stocks were little changed on Friday.
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AMAZON SCOOPS UP WHOLE FOODS: Here's what you need to know
Stocks were little changed, but the big news of the day was Amazon.
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The Dow finished virtually unchanged, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dipped into the red.
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1. Amazon is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. The online-retail giant said Friday it was buying the high-end grocer for $42 a share in an all-cash deal, valuing the company at $13.7 billion. Shares of the grocer were trading at $33.06 before the deal was announced, so the deal represents a 27% premium on its Thursday closing price.
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