Coffee Sipping Big Board Stocks

[EZ2]

Same motor mouths who railed against WMT killing small retailers ---- where are they now when AMZN is killing ALL retailers (brick/mortar) ???

Atypical hypocrites galore ~~~~



Amazon's Jeff Bezos Is $2.8 Billion Richer After Whole Foods Buyout Deal -- MarketWatch
DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC. 10:11 AM ET 6/16/2017
Symbol Last Price Change
AMZN 997.4641 +33.2941 (+3.45%)
WFM 41.905 +8.845 (+26.75%)
QUOTES AS OF 10:11:18 AM ET 06/16/2017
Jeff Bezos is having some "fun" on Friday. The $34.39, or 3.6% surge in Amazon.com Inc.'s(AMZN) stock, after the deal to buy Whole Foods Market Inc.(WFM) , is boosting the the Amazon(AMZN) co-founder and CEO's coffers by about $2.75 billion. Bezos is Amazon's(AMZN) largest shareholder, with 79.90 million shares, or 16.7%, of the shares outstanding, according to FactSet. "Millions of people love Whole Foods Market(WFM) because they offer the best natural and organic foods, and they make it fun to eat healthy," Bezos said in a statement. Amazon's(AMZN) stock has run up 33% year to date, while the S&P 500 has gained 8.5%.

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