Wal-Mart In Talks to Buy Jet.com: WSJ

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is in talks to buy online discount retailer Jet.com according to the Wall Street Journal in what would mark a disappointing end for one of the most ambitious challengers to Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).

The deal could be valued around $3 billion. Wal-mart has a market cap of $226 billion and has struggled to build its online arm.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
WMT WALMART INC. 130.43 +0.48 +0.37%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INC. 272.68 +1.51 +0.56%

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