This company holds a valuable monopoly that's easy to understand.Warren Buffett is well known for eschewing advanced technology stocks. That's often led him and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.13%) (BRK.B 0.14%) investors to miss out on some of the most lucrative investment opportunities in the market.One of the biggest winners of the last few years has been Nvidia (NVDA -2.79%). Its GPUs are essential infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) training and inference. As a result, it's seen demand soar ov ...

Google is once again facing the possibility of a forced breakup as closely-watched hearings on how to tackle its monopoly over digital advertising technology kicked off in Virginia federal court on Monday.Justice Department attorney Julia Tarver Wood slammed Google’s proposal for a lighter penalty – comparing it to “[putting] a band-aid on a seriously severed limb” – and said a forced divestiture of its key ad exchange, AdX, was needed to restore fair competition and protect news publishers and advertisers ...

The Justice Department argued that the best way to address the company's unfair advantage was to force it sell off portions of its business. ...

After deflecting the U.S. Justice Department's attack on its illegal monopoly in online search, Google is facing another attempt to dismantle its internet empire in a trial focused on its abusive tactics in digital advertising. The trial scheduled to begin Monday in an Alexandria, Virginia, federal court will revolve around the harmful conduct that resulted in U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema declaring parts of Google's digital advertising technology to be an illegal monopoly. The judge found that Goog ...

On Monday, the tech giant and the U.S. government face off in court over how to fix the company's advertising technology monopoly. ...

The newly formed Paramount Skydance Corporation is rumored to be moving to preemptively acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.NurPhoto via Getty ImagesNearly two months after the merger between Skydance Media LLC and Paramount, the newly formed Paramount Skydance Corporation may be seeking to expand its entertainment empire with a rumored bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).This news comes on the heels of WBD announcing its plans to separate into two entities - Warner Bros. and Discovery Global - by April 2026, w ...

行业动态 - 数字广告技术公司Magnite对谷歌提起诉讼 起因是法官裁定谷歌在数字广告领域存在反竞争行为并维持垄断地位 [6] - 谷歌被认定为数字广告行业的垄断者 其反竞争行为已获得司法确认 [6]

贸易谈判进展 - 中美官员在马德里举行贸易会谈 [1]

欧盟监管动态 - 欧盟暂停对谷歌AdTech业务处以罚款的计划 原定9月1日宣布罚款并命令改变商业模式[1][2] - 暂停原因是担心美方采取报复措施 可能破坏跨大西洋贸易协议并加征关税[2][3] - 罚款宣布时间可能推迟数天甚至数周 最终处罚方案可能在与美方磋商后进一步调整[4] 罚款金额预期 - 本次罚款金额预计低于43亿欧元 该数字是2018年另一案件中对谷歌的处罚金额[5] - 新欧盟反垄断主管Teresa Ribera更关注终止反竞争行为而非高额罚款[5] 反垄断指控内容 - 欧盟委员会自2014年起指控谷歌滥用在线广告技术行业支配地位[6] - 指控称谷歌在供应链两侧滥用市场力量 偏袒自家AdX广告交易所在匹配拍卖中的表现[6] 公司辩护立场 - 谷歌辩称同时服务广告主和发布商是行业标准做法[7] - 强调竞争对手也运营类似的双边广告技术业务 集成技术栈能提供高质量的广告连接[7] 美国监管进展 - 美国联邦法官支持司法部论点 认定谷歌在在线广告关键领域非法维持垄断[8] - 关于处罚措施的审判定于本月晚些时候进行[8]

收购要约 - AI公司Perplexity提出以345亿美元收购Google的Chrome浏览器 [1] - 该报价由多个未具名投资者支持 包括大型风险投资基金 [2] - 收购要约旨在满足反垄断补救措施 将Chrome交由独立运营商管理 [4] 反垄断背景 - 美国地区法官Leonie Brinkema裁定Google通过一系列反竞争行为维持搜索市场垄断 [3] - 法官Amit Mehta去年也作出类似裁决 指出Google使用排他性分销协议和超高价格导致反竞争行为 [3] - 联邦检察官推动强制出售Chrome 认为该浏览器巩固了Google在搜索市场的主导地位 [3] 公司动态 - Perplexity近期获得1亿美元融资 估值达到180亿美元 [4] - 公司致信Google CEO Sundar Pichai 说明收购Chrome的意图 [4] - 法官Mehta预计本月就Google垄断问题的补救措施作出裁决 [4]