Shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) were sliding today on a report from Bloomberg last night that the U.S. Department of Justice was considering a full-scale breakup of the company following earlier lawsuits, including a ruling by a judge last week that said payments to companies like Apple and Samsung to be the default search engine on their devices constituted an illegal monopoly.

As of 11:35 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Alphabet stock was down 3.2%.

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