Microsoft Corp agreed to buy LinkedIn Corp for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal, combining the software giant's fast-growing cloud services business with the world's largest online network for professionals.

The deal between Lenovo and Google, valued at $2.91 billion, was announced in February this year. Google had acquired Motorola Mobility a couple of years ago.

Google's first-quarter earnings growth faltered as the Internet's most influential company grappled with a persistent downturn in advertising prices while sphttp://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/google-buys-drone-maker-titan-aerospace-reach-out-internet/1/205158.htmlending more money to hire employees and invest in daring ideas.

According to a disclosure on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Internet search company acquired 618.3 million Lenovo shares at $1.213 per share on January 30.