The Uber–Delivery Hero deal is being described as the largest merger in the history of food delivery. That is true, and it misses the point. The transaction redraws the map of a sector that has become central to the Middle East's digital economy, and it sets Arab competition authorities a real test of what they are for.
The deal
To what extent can Uber’s acquisition of Germany’s Delivery Hero be considered the largest deal in the food delivery sector so far?
The answer seems obvious: the 14.8 billion-dollar deal is not merely a stronger player gobbling up a rival; it is a fundamental redrawing of an industry that has become one of the core pillars of
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By the grace and will of God, I have approached the middle of my eighth decade of life. I often recall moments, scenes, and people who brought me happiness, and I record some of them here.
I remember the first apple my eyes ever saw—it was large, with a bright, glossy red color. I was three years old at the time, in 1945. I was
