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Oct 2020

36m 57s

Tech: Anti-Trust and Snap's Back

The Motley Fool

About this episode

The Department of Justice filing an anti-trust lawsuit against Alphabet property Google was the tech story of the week. We unpack the DOJ's case, Google's response, and what shareholders should make of all of it. Then we talk about how Snap has quietly become a market beating stock and whether our opinion of the business has changed.

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