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  "title": "DoorDash to buy Instacart for $17B",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/doordash-to-buy-instacart-for-17b-17082604",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-29T15:51:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Retail Dive",
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    "url": "https://www.retaildive.com/news/doordash-buys-instacart-delivery-seventeen-billion/873151/"
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        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "DoorDash in exclusive talks to acquire Instacart",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/doordash-in-exclusive-talks-to-acquire-instacart",
        "published": "2026-10-26T19:30:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Fast Company",
        "title": "Why DoorDash is spending $17 billion to acquire Instacart",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/why-doordash-is-spending-17-billion-to-acquire-instacart",
        "published": "2026-10-29T11:58:46.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Delivery services: US food delivery company Doordash buys competitor Instacart for $17 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/lieferdienste-us-essenslieferant-doordash-kauft-konkurrenten",
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        "outlet": "BBC Business",
        "title": "Doordash to buy Instacart in $17bn deal it says will expand customer options",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/doordash-to-buy-instacart-in-17bn-deal-it-says-will-expand-customer",
        "published": "2026-10-29T15:05:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Zohran Mamdani has a spicy take on DoorDash's deal for Instacart",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/zohran-mamdani-has-a-spicy-take-on-doordashs-deal-for-instacart",
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