Google’s £7.9bn takeover of Motorola moves a step closer with EU approval

The EU Competition Commission yesterday gave Google’s takeover of Motorola ‘unconditional approval’ to proceed but the company is still waiting for a number of other countries to provide approval. The planned $12.5bn Google-Motorola (or Googarola  as it is known) deal was announced in August last year but has been undergone worldwide scrutiny from regulatory bodies to ensure it…