ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -The U.S. judge considering whether to order a breakup of Google's advertising technology business asked the Department of Justice on Friday how quickly such a remedy ...

"Google's anticompetitive conduct has crippled competitors like OpenX at every turn, preventing them from competing on a level playing field and leaving them with fewer resources to develop ...

Economists are famous for hedging their bets. Ask an economist a question, and they’ll usually respond with, “Well, it depends.” And when it comes to potential remedies in the Google ad tech antitrust ...

The Justice Department gets a second chance to force a breakup of Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Monday as it heads to court before the Virginia federal judge who ruled the search giant illegally ...

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BRUSSELS—The European Union fined Google nearly $3.5 billion for abusing the dominance of its advertising-technology tools, a move that immediately stirred the ire of President Trump amid already ...

Google and the Justice Department had their last chance to make their case before Judge Leonie Brinkema Friday before she decides whether Google needs to be broken up to remedy its ad tech monopoly.

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LONDON (AP) — Google has offered to make major changes to its business practices to resolve a European Union antitrust case targeting its ad-tech business, but they don’t include breaking up the ...

A judge queried lawyers about whether a breakup made sense during closing arguments on how to fix the tech giant’s dominance in online advertising. Judge Brinkema’s decision could restructure Google’s ...