Concerns or risks to the companies involved

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Choose an article from a reputable journalistic source dealing with issues surrounding an acquisition or merger within the last 3 years. Do not choose an article that speaks in general of mergers of acquisitions but one on a specific company (for example, Whole Foods and Amazon merger/acquisition. The article needs to be associated with a magazine such as Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes or Fortune, but needs to be a FEATURE article, NOT simply from a website. Do not choose a press release from either of the companies involved. Please relay what article was used.

Please answer the following questions:

1) What are the companies (or acquiring companies) trying to do?

2) What synergies/benefits are the companies (or acquiring companies) expecting to gain from the deal?

3) What are the concerns or risks to the companies involved in this particular merger/acquisition?

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