Reports of investigations have hit the tech titans’ share prices
biggest internet firms took a nasty tumble on June 3rd, after weekend reports suggested American authorities were limbering up to scrutinise their business models. Just four —Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Alphabet—lost $134bn in market capitalisation in a day, not far off the entire worth of Netflix .
Dealing with competition quibbles is hardly new for Big Tech. European trustbusters have been on their case for two decades. Even whopping fines there have barely registered with investors . Alphabet, which owns Google, has coughed up $9.5bn across three cases over the past two years . Its valuation rose each time. News of a preliminary probe into Amazon in September dented its share price much less than poor earnings unveiled soon after.This time is different. The 4.
More likely, shareholders fret that American authorities could force the firms to change their money-spinning business models. In his confirmation hearing William Barr, America’s attorney-general, said he wanted to “find out more” about how Apple and others had grown so big. Elizabeth Warren, a senator and Democratic presidential hopeful, has said that Facebook should be broken up. If America is picking up where Europe left off, investors are right to be concerned.
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