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Google Revises Plans to Cut Jobs and Markets at Motorola, Will Cost $340 Million

Kellen October 4, 2012 41

Back in August, Motorola announced that they would be cutting 20% of their global workforce, a third of which would be from the U.S. They also planned to exit struggling Asian markets and focus on making fewer phones in favor of a select group of high-end...

Motorola to Cut 20% of Workforce – Pulling Out of Struggling Markets, Will Produce Just a Few High-end Phones

Kellen August 13, 2012 79

Now that the newly Google-powered leadership team has settled into their Motorola digs, it's time for cuts and a re-focus. According to Dennis Woodside, the new CEO of Motorola, there will be a 20% cut in their global work force, one third of which will be...

Google Acquires Instant Messaging Company Meebo to Bolster Google+

Eric June 4, 2012 22

There have been rumors of Google acquiring social-messaging company Meebo going on for a few weeks now and today the two companies made it official. Meebo started off doing instant messaging before everyone had an IM client and has since changed into multiple...

Google Closes Motorola Acquisition, Sanjay Jha is Indeed Out as CEO

Kellen May 22, 2012 111

With China giving their approval of Google's acquisition of Motorola over the weekend, both companies said it would be a matter of days before they closed. It took two, as they finalized the deal this morning. Google made sure to mention that Motorola will...

China Finally Signs Off on Google’s Acquisition of Motorola, Deal to Close Within a Week

Kellen May 19, 2012 53

The final hurdle in Google's acquisition of Motorola has been jumped - China and its antitrust authorities signed off on the deal. Both the European Commission and U.S. Department of Justice signed off back in February, but for whatever reason, China needed...

U.S. Department of Justice Approves Motorola Acquisition by Google, Nortel Patents Purchase by Rockstar Bidco Too

Kellen February 13, 2012 90

Hours after we learned that the European Commission had approved Google's acquisition of Motorola, the U.S. Department of Justice has done the same. We are inching closer to this deal becoming finalized (pending China) and a world rid of bootloaders. OK, I...

European Commission Gives Google-Motorola Acquisition the Thumbs Up

Kellen February 13, 2012 28

Cross Europe off the list of jurisdictions needing to give the acquisition of Motorola by Google the thumbs up. According to Google's official blog, the European Commission has cleared the deal and is now just waiting for a "few other" jurisdictions to press "...

WSJ: Google Acquisition of Motorola to Clear as Early as Next Week

Kellen February 9, 2012 48

According to "people familiar with the matter," Google's acquisition of Motorola could clear through the U.S. Justice Department as early as next week. Proposed back in August to the tune of $12.5 billion, we can't wait this deal to be completed. As fans of...