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Qualcomm is outraged – outraged, we tell you – by Broadcom's cheeky efforts to take over its board at the company's upcoming AGM. Broadcom, Qualcomm's Singapore-headquartered chip-making rival, had nominated a slate of candidates to replace the target company's current board of directors at Qualcomm's AGM on 6 March next year …

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  1. Old Used Programmer

    Typos R US

    Shouldn't that "$103m" towards the end be "$103b"?

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  2. Steve Davies 3 Silver badge

    Interesting move

    I get the feeling that this move by Broadcom means that the case has a long way to run.

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  3. oiseau
    WTF?

    Not needed and absolutely unadvisable

    Hello:

    "A merger would see the consolidated company controlling a large portion of the world's silicon supply."

    What could ever go wrong once this goes forth?

    Interesting times, indeed.

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    1. Charlie Clark Silver badge
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      Re: Not needed and absolutely unadvisable

      Not to mention Qualcomm's lucrative contracts with the US military who, if all else fails, will kybosh this debt-fuelled nonsense.

      No fan of Qualcomm but this proposal has pump and dump written all over it.

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