We’ve got an Equity Shot for you, an irregular extra hit from the Equity podcast crew. Today the big news is the potential Amazon-Whole Foods deal, which has..<\/b>
\nWe\u2019 ve got an Equity Shot for you, an irregular extra hit from the Equity podcast crew.
Today the big news is the potential Amazon-Whole Foods deal, which has led to rampant media speculation, depressed grocery stocks around the nation and allegations of intelligent corporate strategy .
It\u2019s the sort of day that forces you to sit back and re-cast your views of the technology world. It demands answers to questions like \u201c Why is Amazon buying a grocery store?\u201d And \u201c if it makes sense, why?\u201d That, of course, raises the final query: \u201cIf the why makes sense, will the price of tomatoes go down?\u201d
The answer to the last point is no, of course, so stop dreaming. But that we are seeing the platform wars not just burn on, but retrench in form as they advance in scope seems incontrovertible.
Two of our usual crew, the excellent Katie Roof and the inimitable Matthew Lynley, were each out of the state, so we called up our dear friend Jon Shieber to help us out.
Tune in, and let\u2019s get this weekend started right.
(You can catch the regularly recorded, scheduled, and released episode of Equity here. As always, you can find Equity on iTunes, and everywhere else you spin podcasts.)<\/p>\n

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