Closing arguments have begun in the Justice Department's antitrust case against Google. At issue is whether Google has illegally monopolized the search engine market.
A US judge who will decide Google's fate in a historic antitrust trial suggested it was "odd" for the company to say it has the best search engine but also pay Apple billions to lock out rivals.
The judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation has repeatedly indicated he believes it would be difficult for a formidable rival search engine to emerge ...
Google reaped an operating profit of nearly $96 billion last year, mostly by selling digital ads -- a market that it also dominates largely because it controls about 90 percent of the U.S. internet search market.
The judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation repeatedly indicated Thursday that he believes it would be difficult for a formidable rival search engine to emerge.