Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
Google Inc will buy phone hardware maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion to bolster adoption of its Android mobile software and compete with smartphone rival Apple Inc.
15 Aug 11Local News, Multimedia, Sports - The Local Connection
Google Inc will buy phone hardware maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion to bolster adoption of its Android mobile software and compete with smartphone rival Apple Inc.
15 Aug 11Stocks rose more than 1 percent on Monday, feeding on acquisition news and hopes European politicians will come up with solutions to the region’s debt crisis.
15 Aug 11The gatherings followed a rally last weekend in Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial capital, in which over 250,000 demonstrators called for economic reform. It was the biggest socio-economic protest the country of 7.7 million has ever seen.
13 Aug 11A tarantula gave officials at Berlin’s crowded Ostbahnhof rail station a scare when it crawled out of a bag left on a train, police said on Thursday.
13 Aug 11Historically, a “grease devil” was a thief who wore only underwear and covered his body in grease to make himself difficult to grab if chased. But lately, the “grease devil” has become a nighttime prowler who frightens and attacks women.
13 Aug 11A deaf man has accused a nudist park in upstate New York of violating federal law by refusing to provide him with a sign-language interpreter at an annual festival.
12 Aug 11A federal judge has ruled that a Jewish inmate in a New York jail does not have a constitutionally protected right to matzoh and grape juice.
12 Aug 11The White House has identified two economists to fill vacant seats on the Federal Reserve’s powerful seven-member board, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.
12 Aug 11SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The National Hockey League’s (NHL) Minnesota Wild today announced the stops for the 2013 Wells Fargo Minnesota Wild Road Tour, which will visit 18 cities in three states from June 24-26, …