Earlier today, Google announced via its blog that the European Commission has approved its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, which was initially announced last year. This approval is a huge milestone in closing the deal, and Google says its still waiting on a few other jurisdictions to make their final approvals. In addition, according to a report from The Associated Press, U.S. regulators have also approved the deal.
China appears to be the final major approval that Google is waiting for to officially close the deal that will put the web giant in control of Motorola Mobility's nearly 17,000 patents.
[...] this week, the EC approved Google’s $ 12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola [...]
[...] acquisition of Motorola Mobility was approved by the European Commission and U.S. regulators earlier this week, but approval from China is [...]
[...] last country that needed to approve the merger, with both the United States and European Commission approving the deal back in [...]