Amazon's abandoned acquisition leaves iRobot in Carlyle debt straightjacket

Amazon's abandoned acquisition leaves iRobot in Carlyle debt straightjacket

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The collapse of iRobot's $1.4 billion sale to Amazon will test the cash-strapped robot vacuum cleaner maker's ability to repay a $200 million loan it took from private equity firm Carlyle Group last year. The Roomba vacuum maker said on Monday it would lay off 31% of its roughly 1,130 employees…

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