Alphabet earnings: Antitrust charges cast long shadow over Google

The historic lawsuit will be an underlying theme, both in the short and long term, when Alphabet Inc.’s
GOOGL,
+1.63%

GOOG,
+1.58%
Google announces third-quarter results on Oct. 29 — the same day as Facebook Inc.
FB,
+2.39%,
Amazon.com Inc.
AMZN,
+0.88%,
Apple Inc.
AAPL,
-0.61%
and a raft of other tech companies.

Antitrust story lines abound. On Oct. 28, Google…