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Amazon, Whole Foods Union Challenged by Lawmakers and Shareholders

Unless you've been on sabbatical this summer, you'll recall Amazon agreed to buy Whole Foods last month for $13.7 billion. And when a juggernaut like Amazon makes its largest transaction to date, it's bound to result in a few raised eyebrows. This week produced some of its first tests - a potential antitrust hearing and a class action lawsuit.FEDERAL SCRUTINY. On Thursday US Representative David Cicilline, who's also on the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel, requested an antitrust hearing on

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