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Could Amazon Buy Target In 2018?

On CNBC, a Twin Cities venture capitalist predicted that Amazon will buy Target by the end of 2018. Is that realistic?

Mike Hockett
Jan 4, 2018

On CNBC, a Twin Cities venture capitalist predicted that Amazon will buy Target by the end of 2018. Is that realistic? Minneapolis-based KARE 11 TV and Bloomberg discuss that in separate reports below:

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