The U.S. Federal Trade Commission cleared Google’s $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest, granting an early termination to its review of the deal, according to a filing dated Feb. 4. That means neither the FTC nor the Department of Justice will try to stop the deal from going through on antitrust grounds.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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