Deals
Yahoo Is Ready to Buy Chrome Browser If Google Is Forced to Sell
The Justice Department and a group of US states have argued that Google should be forced to sell off its popular Chrome browser.
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Internet company Yahoo Inc. — backed by owner Apollo Global Management Inc. — would bid for the Chrome web browser if a federal court orders Google to divest it as a remedy for maintaining an illegal monopoly, a senior executive said.
Brian Provost, the general manager for Yahoo Search, testified Thursday during Google’s trial in Washington that his company estimates the browser would have a sale price in the tens of billions of dollars.