Among other details not meant to be released, the FTC revealed how Whole Foods negotiates with suppliers to drive up costs for Wal-Mart stores. Regulators also discussed the company's closely held marketing strategies.

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There is no logical motive for the FTC to block the merger between Whole Foods and Wild Oats, other than political. The government is either bearing down on an anti-establishment libertarian CEO to send others like him a message, or else it is crudely serving as a proxy for one of its largest political donors, Wal-Mart.

With the worlds largest and third largest retailers Wal Mart & Tesco slugging it out in the US for first time, Whole Foods Markets is the secret weapon they both want ..

The bad news: A study published last fall in the journal, Science, warned of a "global collapse" of all wild seafood by mid-century if fishing continues at its current pace.The good news: Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, Disney aim to protect the seas.