Alphabet shares slide 6% following DOJ push for Google to divest Chrome

Alphabet shares slid 6% Thursday, following news that the Department of Justice is calling for Google to divest its Chrome browser to put an end to its search monopoly. The proposed break-up would, according to the DOJ in its Wednesday filing, "permanently stop Google's control of this critical search access point and allow rival search engines the ability to access the browser that for many users is a gateway to the internet."This development is the latest in a years-long, bipartisan antitrust case that fo ...