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  "title": "Google defeats US justice department bid to force ad tech sale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/google-defeats-us-justice-department-bid-to-force-ad-tech-sale",
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  "summary": "Judge declines to make Google sell AdX in win for firm against US antitrust enforcers’ attempts to break up big tech Alphabet’s Google escaped a breakup of its advertising technology business on Wednesday, when a judge in Virginia rejected US antitrust enforcers’ bid to force a sale of Google’s online advertising exchange. While the ad exchange is a small part of Google’s business, the ruling is…",
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