Trump's DoJ will push ahead with Google break-up

#283. The trillion-dollar question on the news industry's lips is answered. Now, this is how the largest corporate carve-up in history will go down...

It’s been the $2.13 trillion question since Trump re-fluffed the pillows at the White House: Would his new Department of Justice still go ahead and break-up Google?

Cynics were in my ear. Don’t be dumb, they said, he needs Google because it makes America great…

They were wrong. The new Department of Justice said this weekend it’s still going ahead, and Google will be sacrificed.

The first reason has had the most coverage. Republicans believe Big Tech leans Left and silences Right-wing voices. Breaking them up makes them easier to manipulate.

The second, though less reported, is the real reason: Google’s become a shitty investment for the super-rich.

When the 0.001 per cent casually lob a few million into GOOG today, they get back a measly 14 per cent return.

That’s a smidgen more than the basic S&P or the NASDAQ, and if you’re Richie Rich, that’s not even enough to renovate your Doomsday bunker in New Zealand.

Nup, the megabucks are now addicted to the outsized returns so beloved by the Ro…