The eighth time appears to be the charm for bears on Google parent Alphabet Inc.’s stock, which is heading for a record weekly losing streak as the internet-search giant faces competition, regulatory and even some social-media concerns.

Alphabet Inc. investors are facing a long period of uncertainty as they grapple with a scenario they previously saw as unlikely: a possible breakup of Google. A bid to break up Google is being considered by the Justice Department, Bloomberg News reported ...

Breaking up Google into several separate companies might prove to be a blessing in disguise for Alphabet shareholders. That isn’t how investors have reacted to the U.S. Justice Department’s announcement that it was considering such a move in response to the company losing its massive antitrust case.

Google faces a reckoning Shares in Alphabet, Google’s parent company, were down more than 2.5 percent in early trading on Wednesday morning on news that the Justice Department is considering breaking up the technology giant for maintaining an illegal search monopoly.

Alphabet stock was rising on Thursday as shares of the Google parent tried to recover from breakup concerns that had rattled investors on Wednesday. Alphabet’s Class A shares fell 2.3% on Wednesday after reports by Bloomberg News and the New York Times suggested that antitrust regulators are considering remedies for Google’s violation of antitrust law,