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Today's big winner is Carl Icahn, the activist investor who just pocketed a $415-million (U.S.) profit on his stake in Motorola Mobility , the Business Insider blog points out.

Mr. Icahn owns 26.8 million shares of Motorola Mobility, which is now being sold to Google Inc. for $40 a share, or $12.5-billion, a premium of more than $15 a share from Friday's closing price.

"Of course, before you feel too good for Mr. Icahn, bear in mind that he's been involved with Motorola in one way or another since 2006, and mostly the company (judged by the pre-split parent company) has gone nowhere," writer Joe Weisenthal adds.

Who else should be feeling good? Research In Motion shareholders, perhaps. Its stock is up almost 8 per cent at $26.45 in premarket trading on the Nasdaq. Nokia shares leapt almost 11 per cent to $5.93.

Because although Google's move is all about its rivalry with Apple Inc. , there's speculation that Microsoft Corp. might buy either RIM or Nokia to stay in the smartphone game.

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