New York — Just Eat Takeaway.com is in talks to buy meal-delivery company Grubhub, in a bid to launch itself in the US and become a major rival to Uber Technologies.

Amsterdam-based Just Eat Takeaway.com is in “advanced discussions” for an all-share deal, it said in a statement on Wednesday. Grubhub has a market value of $5.2bn, while Just Eat Takeaway.com is worth €12.6bn...

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