According to CNET as Google prepares to close its acquisition
of Motorola Mobility, the company could be considering laying off some Motorola
employees, a new report suggests.
According to TechCrunch and its unnamed sources, Google will
launch a "listening tour" around Motorola to see what its employees
do at the company. Based on that information, Google could decide to lay off some
Motorola employees. TechCrunch didn't say how many employees Google might
layoff, but did say that the sources believe the decision could come
"imminently."
Google announced plans to acquire Motorola Mobility in
August for $12.5 billion, representing a 63 percent premium on the mobile
firm's share price at the time. Although the U.S. Justice Department and
European Union regulators approved the deal in February, Google didn't get the
go-ahead to close the acquisition until this past weekend, when China's
regulators gave it the green light.
In a filing today with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Motorola said that it expects to close the acquisition by
Wednesday....
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Find out more at http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57438382-94/google-eyes-layoffs-in-wake-of-motorola-mobility-buy-report-says
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