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Amazon drops $1.4bn deal to buy iRobot after EU veto reports

Roomba maker announces plans to axe 31% of workforce and exit of CEO after collapse of acquisition

Amazon has abandoned its planned $1.4bn (£1.1bn) acquisition of the robot vacuum cleaner company iRobot, amid EU opposition to the deal.

The e-commerce company will pay a $94m break fee to iRobot, which immediately announced plans to axe 31% of its workforce – or 350 employees – and the departure of its chief executive.

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