Motorola Mobility Updates

[Sushubh]

Google might get rid of the hardware business of Motorola completely!

 

[socrates]

Google might get rid of the hardware business of Motorola completely!

In the past such acts would be defined as 'Asset Stripping' now its called adding value..... to whom/what is not defined

 

[Sushubh]

reminds me of the movie Pretty Woman. by the way. other sources have claimed that WSJ was just trolling with its report. google might be planning to make significant investments into motorola mobility to enhance their product range in the future.

 

[socrates]

Quite likely some motivated journalism... Trashing Google in USA is a big biz like trashing Microsoft. lol

 

[Sushubh]

Google close to acquiring Motorola Mobility as China clears the deal!

 

[Sushubh]

Motorola Mobility is now owned by Google!

 

[Sushubh]

Google starts cleaning up the mess at Motorola Mobility

20% workforce getting laid off. a third of global offices are being shut down.

 

[Jaymin]

Did they buy it just to make some Capital Gains if possible?

 

[Sushubh]

they bought it for patents. they would of course use it to gain in whatever way possible. if it helps them save taxes why not? i mean it is not a small investment. they paid around USD 12 billion for it!

 

[agantuk]

^ That sounds pretty small when put alongside something like Microsoft's $8 B Skype acquisition