Google’s business booms even as antitrust woes escalate

Business is good for Mountain View, California-based Google.

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Google’s battle with antitrust regulators and prosecutors has intensified over the last quarter, but that hasn’t stopped the tech giant from raking in heaps of cash.

For the quarter ended June 30, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, tallied $61.88 billion in sales, handily beating analyst estimates of $56.15 billion. The total marked a best for quarterly revenue at the search giant.

Earnings per share came in at $27.26, crushing expectations of $19.34 per share, according to Refinitiv.

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