[UPDATE] Alphabet snaps decade-long monthly losing streak: Gemini 3.8 Flash ships, ad-exchange breakup rejected
On Sept 2 a federal judge rejected the DOJ's push to force Google to sell its ad exchange, opting for behavioral remedies and following the earlier refusal to divest Chrome, while Google shipped Gemini 3.8 Flash (its third Flash model in six weeks) plus a security model and Berkshire's Greg Abel called Alphabet an AI winner. The stock was around $333 Class A, still slightly lower on the month after a ~10% August slide, so sentiment is turning rather than fully rebounding. The desk carries GOOGL as a validated BUY on answer-engine economics with the antitrust overhang now materially lighter.