Dear Client:Amazon is coming in hot to groceries.The e-commerce giant is set to acquire Whole Foods Market for a cool $13.7 billion, the companies announced this morn.The Texas-based grocery retailer has more than 460 stores in the United States, Canada, and the UK.So this is not only a big, swingin' move into brick and mortar for Amazon -- the takeover marks its "biggest transaction ever," per Bloomberg. Indeed, it's the biggest by a country mile. It's hard to believe but
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