For Google, $5 billion EU fine that irks Trump is (relatively) small

Published July 19, 2018 5:38pm ET



The $5.1 billion that the European Commission fined Google parent Alphabet for anticompetitive practices like coercing Android phone makers to install the company’s apps sounds massive.

Until you compare it to the $103 billion in available funds the Mountain View, Calif.-based company had at the end of March. Or the $28 billion in free cash flow that Swiss lender UBS estimates the tech firm will generate this year.

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