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That’s quite a come down for Google, which paid $12.5B for Motorola Mobility in 2011 — the biggest deal it had ever made at the time — but couldn’t turn it into a money maker. The unit recorded an operating loss of $248M in last year’s Q3, a 29.2% increase from the period in 2012.  Lenovo’s already a mobile phone…

So much for the speculation that Google might buy or pay off TiVo to resolve its DVR patent infringement case against Motorola Mobility’s home division — and facilitate a sale of the powerful set-top box operation. The search giant said this evening that it sold the business for $2.05B in cash and $300M in stock to…

A lot of investors seem to think the DVR patent infringement suit with Google‘s Motorola Mobility could result in either a big settlement — or perhaps a sale. TiVo‘s stock is flirting with a 52-week high: it’s up about 1.7% this morning, and more than 19% since the middle of last week when it reported generally encoura…

TiVo‘s stock led the media pack yesterday, up nearly 4% after it announced that it will collect $250M from Verizon to settle their patent infringement dispute. And today it’s still on top, up about 3% to $10.25 in early trading. Lazard Capital Markets’ Barton Crockett helped this morning by upgrading his…

Two-thirds of the 4,000 positions being cut from the unit — which primarily makes Android mobile phones — will be outside the U.S., Google says this morning in an SEC filing. It also plans to close or consolidate a third of its 90 facilities as it shifts its emphasis from feature phones to what it calls “more…

Google To Become Mobile Handset Power With $12.5B Deal For Motorola Mobility We can only imagine the look on Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt’s face when he learned that Google agreed to pay $12.5B for Motorola Mobility. But I doubt it was a smile. The Google news didn’t simply bury TWC’s announcement today that it…

This is the biggest deal Google has ever made. We’ll see whether it gives the Web giant the resources it needs to make its Android-powered handsets even more potent competitors to Apple’s iPhone. But Motorola Mobility investors should be happy with the $40 a share offer — a 63% premium from Friday’s closing price…