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Whole Foods Shareholders Approve Amazon Takeover

The web giant Amazon will still need to ensure the support of government regulators.

The web giant Amazon will still need to ensure the support of government regulators. Joe Feldman of Telsey Advisory Group tells us why supermarket chain Whole Foods is attractive to Amazon. Also in the programme, a report says that identity theft has reached 'epidemic levels' in the UK. We find out more about the impact of identity theft from comedian Bennett Aaron, who was a victim of it, and wrote a comedy show about his experience. We hear from Angola, where voters have gone to the polls to select their first new president in almost 40 years. Samsung are unveiling their latest top-end smartphone. Neil Mawston of Strategy Analytics explains why this is a crucial moment for the technology firm. Plus the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Dave Lee in Silicon Valley reports on the rise of apps that help us prepare for our own death.

(Picture: A Whole Foods store. Picture credit: Reuters.)

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Wed 23 Aug 2017 14:32GMT

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