The impending Amazon-Whole Foods merger took a step forward Wednesday as the Federal Trade Commission cleared the way for the online retail giant to buy the grocery-store chain.

Bruce Hoffman, acting director of the commission’s Bureau of Competition, said in a statement the merger should proceed, and that competition would not be impeded by the acquisition.

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