China clears Google acquisition of Motorola, eliminates last barrier to Googorola bliss

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The final significant roadblock to [Google's buyout of Motorola][3] has been cleared, as Chinese regulators have just given their rubber stamp. Their approval follows a few months after the simultaneous [American][4] and [European][5] clearances, and virtually all that's left now is to formally close the deal and start integrating the two mobile giants. It might still come too late for the combined entity to present a united front at [Google I/O][6], but at least they won't have any awkward glances at each other across the room. We're just trying to decide on whether or not Googorola is the best pet name for the loving, $12.5 billion-dollar Android union.

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