Amazon to buy Roomba maker iRobot as ‘discount shopping’ spree continues

Amazon to buy Roomba maker iRobot as ‘discount shopping’ spree continues

Just weeks after announcing its plans to buy the operator of One Medical health clinics, Amazon.com Inc. said it would be making another deal, this time for Roomba maker iRobot Corp.. The e-commerce giant plans to buy iRobot IRBT, +19.08% for $61 a share in cash, in a deal that values the maker of robotic…