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Re:Google to own $750 million Lenovo stake after Motorola de... by wavesounds on Friday February 07, 2014 @01:25AM (#7195084)
I'm curious, why this isn't insider trading?

Edit: I misread the post, they did buy it after the announcement which means it's public knowledge

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Re:Google to own $750 million Lenovo stake after Motorola de... by Mikeb85 on Friday February 07, 2014 @01:31AM (#7195096)
Because of this: "The purchase was made on the same day after Google announced that it had agreed to sell the Motorola brand to Lenovo for $2.91 billion"

The purchase was made after the announcement. Furthermore, it was part of the Motorola transaction itself, and Google didn't exactly gain anything in the short term (Lenovo shares tanked in the days following the transaction).

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Re:Google to own $750 million Lenovo stake after Motorola de... by baldfat on Friday February 07, 2014 @09:52AM (#7196458)
BECAUSE it wasn't a "purchase" this was a very poorly researched article.
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