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Google Closes Its Largest Deal Ever

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.23.2012

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has completed its $12.5 billion purchase of device maker Motorola Mobility in a deal that poses new challenges for the I...

Google To Close Its Largest Deal Ever This Week

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is planning to complete its $12.5 billion acquisition of cell phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings before Wednesday. ...

Google To Name New Motorola CEO

Bloomberg | Posted 02.23.2012

Google Inc. (GOOG), which won U.S. approval for its acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI), is close to naming Dennis Woodside to run th...

U.S. Green-Lights Google's Massive $12.5 Billion Purchase

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE and GABRIELE STEINHAUSER | Posted 04.14.2012

SAN FRANCISCO — Google's $12.5 billion bid to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulator...

Google's $12.5 Billion Deal Approved In Europe

Posted 04.14.2012

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google Inc won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Monday for its planned $12.5 billion pu...

Google's $12.5 Billion Deal Expected To Be Approved

Reuters | Diane Bartz | Posted 04.10.2012

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department will approve Google's $12.5 billion bid to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdi...

Google Says $12.5 Billion Acquisition Won't Stifle Competition

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2012

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google will pledge to license on fair and reasonable terms the patents it acquires through buying Motorola Mobility, said a perso...

Google's Planned $12.5 Billion Acquisition Issues Warning

Reuters | Posted 03.07.2012

(Adds analyst comment, share price) Jan 6 (Reuters) - Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc warned that its fourth-quarter 2011 revenue woul...

Google Chairman Promises Motorola Buyout Won't Mean Favoritism

Posted 01.08.2012

SEOUL (Reuters) - The executive chairman of Google Inc on Tuesday played down concerns the search giant would give preferential treatment to Motorol...

Google's Biggest Deal Ever Faces Rare Second Investigation

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.29.2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Justice Department is taking a closer look at Google's proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of cellphone maker Motorola Mobili...

Eric Schmidt On Why Google Is Buying Motorola

Bloomberg | Posted 11.02.2011

Google Inc. (GOOG) Chairman Eric Schmidt said his company's planned $12.5 billion purchase of smartphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. was aim...

Motorola Mobility Sued For $12.5 Billion

Bloomberg Businessweek | Andrew Harris | Posted 10.18.2011

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and its chief executive officer, Sanjay Jha, were sued by a shareholder claiming they failed to get the best price whe...

Guess Who Else Wanted To Buy Motorola?

GigaOm | Om Malik | Posted 10.16.2011

Google may not have had much of a choice when it came to buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. If it didn’t, someone else would have and that ...

Federal Regulators To Review Google, Motorola Mobility Deal

AP | By JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 10.16.2011

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are unlikely to block Google Inc. from buying cellphone maker Motorola Mobility since the acquisition could help driv...

John Rudolf

Google's Motorola Bid To Draw Antitrust Scrutiny

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 10.15.2011

NEW YORK -- A move by Google to acquire mobile phone manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, announced early Monday, will likely draw sharp ...

Bianca Bosker

Why Google Wants To Buy Motorola Mobility

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 10.15.2011

Google's decision to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, the search giant's largest acquisition to date, underscores a major shift in Google's st...

Jason Gilbert

Google To Buy Motorola Mobility: What It Means For You

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 10.15.2011

Now that Google has announced its intention to buy Motorola Mobility -- forming a Frankenstein that shall be named either Googorola or Motoroogle, dep...

11 Things Google Didn't Buy

Posted 10.15.2011

Companies are people, too, and just like a kid with an allowance, there's a finite number of things they can buy at one time. When Google announced th...

Google To Acquire Motorola Mobility

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 10.15.2011

This story has been updated. Google announced early Monday morning that it will acquire smartphone maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cas...