Amazon will buy Roomba maker iRobot for $61 a share, or $1.7 billion in total, the companies announced Friday.
According to Reuters, "iRobot's stock rose 19% [on] Friday trading to $59.66," still less than half of its lockdown-era peak, when homebound consumers scrambled to buy Roombas.
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