Key Takeaways Regulators in Taiwan blocked Uber's $950 million purchase of online food delivery and ordering platform Foodpanda, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.Officials reportedly said Uber's acquisition of the Delivery Hero-owned business would be anti-competitive.

Taiwanese antitrust regulators on Wednesday blocked Uber from buying the Taiwan unit of Foodpanda from Delivery Hero for $950 million in cash. Why it matters: This would have been one of the largest foreign acquisitions ever of a Taiwanese company outside of the semiconductor sector.

M purchase of Delivery Hero’s (DLVHF) Foodpanda business over concerns it would be anti-competitive, Reuters reports. Delivery Hero said in a statement Uber may appeal the commission’s decision or terminate the acquisition.