Google-Motorola

Authorities in China have approved Google's bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close soon.

Google plans to give multiple mobile-device makers -- rather than just one partner -- early access to new releases of its Android mobile operating system and to sell those devices directly to consumers, said people familiar with the matter.

Here's a business riddle: Divine Google intentions for its largest-ever acquisition, the $12.5 billion purchase of the once-great, now-faltering Motorola Mobility. Motorola represents one of the thorniest strategic and operational challenges in Google's 14-year history. Oddly, few seem to be paying attention.

Motorola Mobility stockholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposed merger with Google.

Google has received a "second request" from the Department of Justice asking for more information about Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility.

Motorola Mobility says CEO Sanjay Jha stands to get $66 million if the deal to sell his company to Google goes through.

August, in DC, usually means a slow down. It's too hot, so Congress goes home, staffers escape to the beach, and tourists, ironically, move in. What a perfect time for your daily policy summary newsletter to take a break, too. But what your Headlines editor least wants to see upon his return, however, is an article that screams The Month That Changed Tech Forever! Instead of slow, August was just hot. We've written up a long (unsent) version of Headlines that tries to capture the biggest news from when we were away. Here's some highlights.

Microsoft will be the winner in Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility as the deal makes Google a direct rival to its phone-making clients, a senior executive from Acer said.

The Justice Department is going to court to stop the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA. Will the pending union of Google and Motorola suffer the same fate?

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said his company’s planned $12.5 billion purchase of smartphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings was aimed at acquiring products, and not merely patents.