
Patna: In a major political development that is sure to rile the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a former party MLC joined the ruling Janata Dal(United) in Bihar on Tuesday. Former BJP MLC Sanjay Jha joined the JD(U) at a function held at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's official residence in Patna. Several senior JD(U) leaders including state president Vashistha Narayan Singh and Food & Consumer Protection minister Shyam Rajak were...

03:16 PM, Jul 03, 2012

New Delhi: Google has announced the completion of its $12.5 billion acquisition of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings on Tuesday. Sanjay Jha, who revived Motorola's Mobile Devices business, has stepped down as CEO and Dennis Woodside has been appointed as the new CEO of Motorola Mobility. Dennis Woodside oversaw Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility, and is former President of Google's Americas region. He has worked with partners, governments and advertisers...

07:17 PM, May 22, 2012

San Francisco: Google has completed its $12.5 billion acquisition of cell phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings, Google said in a press statement. Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $40 per share in cash. This is the biggest deal in Google's 14-year history. The two companies announced the deal nine months ago. Google Inc. prizes Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for its portfolio of more than 17,000 patents. Owning the rights to those...

07:03 PM, May 22, 2012

Portland: Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. CEO and Chairman Sanjay Jha's compensation more than tripled in 2011 to $47.2 million, including awards tied to the company's split from Motorola Solutions. The old Motorola Inc. divided into two companies in January 2011, and Google Inc. is now awaiting final approvals for its purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Documents the company filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission show Jha's...

09:45 AM, Apr 23, 2012

Las Vegas: Motorola Mobility unveiled a tablet computer and smartphone for Verizon Wireless's high-speed network and another two advanced phones, all based on Google Inc's Android software. The company unveiled its new products to a packed room at the Consumer Electronics Show, in the company's biggest technology launch in the last several years. However, the phone maker may have disappointed some attendees when Chief Executive Sanjay Jha said the Xoom...

11:12 AM, Jan 06, 2011

New York: Motorola Inc made money from its phones for the first time in more than three years, helped by smartphones running Google Inc's Android software, and its shares rose nearly 7 percent. While analysts applauded the profit, which came a quarter earlier than expected, they questioned Motorola on how it would battle new competition when key customer Verizon Wireless starts selling Apple Inc's iPhone, widely expected next year. Motorola,...

11:53 AM, Oct 29, 2010

Boston: Mobile phone giant Motorola is looking at launching its tablet computer early next year, as the firm hopes to expand its product line beyond cell phones. "We want to make sure that any tablet that we deliver is competitive in the marketplace, and I think all of us will make sure that we will only deliver (computer) that when that occurs," Motorola's India-born Co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha said. "Hopefully,...

03:28 PM, Sep 18, 2010

Motorola is seeing strong demand for its Droid phone despite the popularity of rival HTC Corp's Droid Incredible. ...

11:51 AM, Jun 10, 2010

Skipper Dhoni blames the IPL for India's early exit in the World T20 while BCCI says it is ridiculous. ...

10:38 PM, May 12, 2010