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Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion

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August 15, 2011
By Utkarsh

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Google is buying cell phone maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash in what is by far the company’s biggest acquisition to date.

Google will pay $40.00 per share, a 63 per cent premium to Motorola’s closing price on Friday.

The companies say the deal has been approved by the boards of both.

Google CEO Larry Page says that the deal with “supercharge the entire Android ecosystem.”

The deal gives Google direct control over the maker of many of its Android phones.

This post first appeared on The Hindu

Tags: Google, Motorola, Motorola mobility

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