A US judge refused to order divestiture. The Commission said a year ago only a sale would work, and is still assessing Google's plan.

WASHINGTON: A US federal judge on Wednesday (Sep 2) refused to force Google to sell a division of its digital advertising business, rejecting the government's push to break up…

The DOJ asked the judge to force a sale of at least one of its ad tech tools.

Decision marks third recent US defeat for regulators seeking to break up Big Tech