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Antitrust News 3 September 2025 - 17 November 2025

Alphabet (Google) GOOGL stock: What to Know Before Markets Open on October 20, 2025

Alphabet Stock Today (Nov. 17, 2025): Buffett’s Big Bet Meets Antitrust Heat and a $40B AI Gamble

Alphabet stock is center stage today after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway quietly built a multi‑billion‑dollar position in Google’s parent company, even as regulators ramp up pressure on its ad business and courts hand down fresh fines in Europe. As of early trading on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, Alphabet’s Class A and C shares (tickers GOOGL and GOOG) are hovering around $276–277, roughly 0.8% below the most recent close, following a sharp jump in overnight and premarket trade. MarketBeat+1 Yet under the surface, today’s move is about more than one famous investor. It’s a collision of three big storylines: Here’s what investors need to know about Alphabet stock
17 November 2025
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PayPal (PYPL) Today — Nov. 9, 2025: Antitrust Win, Dividend Countdown, and AI Checkout Momentum

PayPal (PYPL) Today — Nov. 9, 2025: Antitrust Win, Dividend Countdown, and AI Checkout Momentum

What happened & why it matters 1) Legal overhang eases—again On Nov. 6, Judge Jeffrey S. White (N.D. Cal.) dismissed a proposed nationwide class action alleging PayPal’s merchant rules inflated online prices by preventing discounts for lower‑cost payment methods. The court found the complaint lacked sufficient allegations of market power and direct consumer harm—key elements for antitrust standing. The judge gave plaintiffs until Dec. 12, 2025 to amend. The ruling reinforces PayPal’s recent momentum in fending off similar claims. Reuters+1 2) Funds reposition around PYPL Two November 9 items from MarketBeat highlight institutional position reductions (King Luther Capital Management; Flossbach
9 November 2025
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NVIDIA 2025: Dominating the AI Boom – Company Overview, Key Segments, Competition, and Future Outlook

Nvidia’s $100 Billion OpenAI Power Play Sparks Antitrust Showdown

Illustration: Nvidia (left) and OpenAI (right) logos. Observers say the $100 billion Nvidia–OpenAI partnership pairs the world’s top AI chip supplier with the leading AI model developer, sparking concerns about competition. Nvidia and OpenAI’s $100B Alliance: A New AI Superpower Nvidia, the world’s leading AI chipmaker, and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, have formed an unprecedented alliance valued at up to $100 billion reuters.com. Announced on September 22, 2025, the partnership gives OpenAI massive computing resources to develop advanced AI models, while giving Nvidia a financial stake in a premier AI software company reuters.com. The deal is structured as two intertwined transactions:
23 September 2025
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Tech Turbulence: Big Antitrust Wins, Spy Satellites & Cyber Scares – Sept 2–3, 2025 Roundup

Tech Turbulence: Big Antitrust Wins, Spy Satellites & Cyber Scares – Sept 2–3, 2025 Roundup

Key Facts Summary Hardware & Devices (Chips, EVs & Gadgets) US-China Tech Tensions: In a blow to Beijing’s chip ambitions, the U.S. Commerce Department revoked the “validated end-user” fast-track export status that had allowed Taiwan’s TSMC (and previously Samsung and SK Hynix) to import advanced American chipmaking tools into China without a license reuters.com. The privilege will end on Dec. 31, meaning TSMC’s Nanjing fab will need case-by-case export licenses for U.S. equipment thereafter reuters.com. The fab produces 16 nm “mature node” semiconductors – not cutting-edge chips – contributing only ~2.4% of TSMC’s revenue reuters.com. TSMC said it’s “evaluating the situation”
3 September 2025
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