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	<title><![CDATA[Whole Foods, Wild Oats Integration Challenged By FTC]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/whole-foods-wild-oats-int_n_157222.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>PORTLAND, Ore. &amp;mdash; The Federal Trade Commission on Monday asked a federal judge to halt the integration of Wild Oats and Whole Foods Market as part of an ongoing legal battle over the 2007 deal that combined the two natural grocery chains.</p>

<p>The FTC wants a U.S. District Court judge to force Whole Foods to stop any integration activities while one of multiple disputes over its acquisition of Wild Oats is handled in court.</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-02-12T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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