Note to Feds: Don’t Destroy Google

Note to Feds: Don’t Destroy Google

Policing anticompetitive conduct is a prudent goal for regulators. Dismantling a great American company isn’t.

Banking giant sets Google stock price target

Summary⚈ DA Davidson maintains a ‘Neutral’ rating on Google, with a $160 price target.⚈ Analyst Gil Luria predicts potential Google spin-offs to address DOJ antitrust concerns.⚈ Average Wall Street target is $198.79, with Tigress Financial setting a high of $240. Investment banking giant DA Davidson has issued a revised outlook on Google stock (NASDAQ: GOOGL) On May 12, Gil Luria, the firm’s head of technology research, doubled down on a previou…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just taken a stand in an antitrust case of the most sensitive of recent years involving Google according to comments reported by Reuters. It supports the proposal of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), which wants to force the search engine to share its data with its competitors. An initiative that could profoundly transform the balance of the online search market. Explanations. Unpublished proposal to limi…

FTC supports DOJ proposal to curb Google’s search monopoly

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has thrown its support behind a Department of Justice (DOJ) proposal aimed at dismantling Alphabet Inc.'s Google’s dominance in the online search market, as per the news reports.  The FTC, the nation’s leading privacy regulator, endorsed the DOJ’s plan on Friday, stating it includes robust safeguards to protect user privacy while fostering competition. The DOJ’s proposal, part of a broader effort to address …

FTC Backs DOJ’s Proposed Remedies in Google Antitrust Case

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed an amicus brief in support of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Revised Proposed Final Judgment (RPFJ) addressing antitrust violations committed by Google. This move underscores the FTC’s commitment to ensuring that the proposed remedies not only restore competition but also uphold rigorous privacy protections for consumers. Google’s Antitrust Violations A federal court ruling in Au…

The DOJ’s Problematic Remedies Proposal in the Google Ad Tech Case

Obsessions with “Big Business” and “Tryanny.com” appear to have trumped not just fashioning legally sound antitrust relief, but winning the United States’ geopolitical competition with China.