Google deal

Google agreed to sell its Motorola Home Business to Arris Group for $2.35 billion, finding a buyer for a division that sells TV set-top boxes.

Bove to bolt

Dick Bove, 71, the bank analyst whose employer, Rochdale Securities, is struggling to survive after an unauthorized $1 billion Apple trade, will join Rafferty Capital Markets.

Knight’s sold

Knight Capital, which nearly collapsed in August following a software glitch, is being bought by rival automated trading firm Getco Holding.

Apple defeat

The US Patent and Trademark Office has invalidated Apple’s “pinch-to-zoom” patent, which Apple used as a cornerstone of its case against Samsung.