{"id":1648932,"date":"2022-09-20T10:50:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1648932"},"modified":"2022-09-20T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T14:50:11","slug":"ftc-seeks-more-data-on-amazons-1-7-billion-deal-for-vacuum-maker-irobot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftc-seeks-more-data-on-amazons-1-7-billion-deal-for-vacuum-maker-irobot\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC seeks more data on Amazon\u2019s $1.7-billion deal for vacuum maker iRobot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fftc-seeks-more-data-on-amazons-1-7-billion-deal-for-vacuum-maker-irobot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1648932&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>(Reuters) \u2013     The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked Amazon.com Inc and iRobot Corp for more information on the e-commerce giant\u2019s $1.7-billion buyout of the Roomba vacuum maker.<\/p>\n<p>In a filing on Tuesday, iRobot said the FTC had on Sept. 19 requested more details on the deal that was announced last month and would expand Amazon\u2019s stable of smart home devices.<\/p>\n<p>A group of about 20 pro-privacy and worker organizations have urged U.S. antitrust enforcers to stop the deal, citing concerns about privacy and Amazon\u2019s already powerful position in the smart home devices market.<\/p>\n<p>The FTC probe began earlier this month and covers both head-to-head competition and whether the deal would illegally boost the e-commerce company\u2019s market share in the connected device market as well as the overall retail market, according to a report from Politico. <\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked Amazon.com Inc and iRobot Corp for more information on the e-commerce giant\u2019s $1.7-billion buyout of the Roomba vacuum maker. 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