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Fool Video: Is the Whole Foods-Wild Oats Merger Done For?

By Motley Fool Staff – Updated Nov 14, 2016 at 10:57PM

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The FTC recently announced its opposition to Whole Foods' acquisition of Wild Oats.

The FTC recently announced its opposition to a Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI)/Wild Oats (NASDAQ:OATS) merger. Will the merger happen? In this installment of Fool Video, I ask securities law professor John Coffee that very question.

For more on the proposed merger, read: "Is Whole Foods Building an Evil Empire?"

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Mac Greer  doesn't own any of the stocks discussed. Wal-Mart is a Motley Fool Inside Value recommendation. The Fool has a disclosure policy.

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