Google Faces Painful Reckoning as Antitrust Cases Rev Up
- DOJ proposed options for fixes run from ‘milder to spicy hot’
- Company sees ‘unintended’ fallout from ‘radical’ remedies list
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Google’s antitrust problems are coming home to roost.
While the company has beat back European antitrust interventions by paying 6.5 billion euros ($7.1 billion), US enforcers are now flexing their muscles — and the most painful part for the Alphabet Inc. unit won’t be monetary fines, but blows to core businesses that bring in big revenue.