NEW YORK -- Google Inc. on Tuesday completed its $12.5 billion acquisition of phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and said it has appointed a Google executive as the new CEO of the business.

The timing of Google's sale of Motorola Mobility to Lenovo is perfect given that the company reports fourth quarter earnings Thursday and won't have to mention much about hardware profit margins and ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) today announced that they have entered into a definitive ...

Google has entered into an agreement to acquire the mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility for about US$12.5 billion, the company said on Monday. Google has offered about $40 per share in cash, a ...

Happy Monday to you, and happy Monday to Motorola Mobility, which Google has announced is about to become its next acquisition. This comes hot on the heels of a $56 million Q2 net loss for Moto -- and ...

While the tech world focuses on the strategy behind Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, we take a look at what the move means for the way we think about our smartphones, and the way they work.

Google's aims to fix multiple lingering wireless issues with its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility and overall the deal is just crazy enough to work. On a conference call with analysts, ...

Google has announced that it is buying Motorola Mobility, in a $12.5bn deal expected to close either by the end of the year or the start of 2012. Described by Google CEO Larry Page as a move to ...

Explosive news this morning, kids. Google has agreed to purchase Motorola’s recently spun-off Mobility arm for a fee of $12.5 billion. Mobility was the name given to Motorola’s consumer devices unit, ...

Internet search and advertising giant Google and Motorola Mobility have entered into an agreement whereby Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for US$40 per share in cash, or about US$12.5bn. The ...

Google won approval from Chinese regulators for its $12.5bn (£7.9bn) purchase of Motorola Mobility earlier this week, and Google co-founder Larry Page confirmed in a blog post that the deal has now ...

In a bid to "supercharge" the Android operating system, Google announced on Monday morning that it's acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. "This acquisition will not change our ...