Broadcom Bid for Qualcomm Investigated by Federal Government Committee

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Broadcom’s Other Regulatory Hurdle: How It Treats Customers
Broadcom’s $117 billion bid for the rival computer chip maker Qualcomm is being investigated by a federal government committee concerned about giving foreign countries power over American technology vital to national security.
Last year, Western Digital wrote to a technology partner, Toshiba, to complain about Broadcom. The document said Broadcom had stopped shipping essential chips called preamplifiers to Western Digital. The reason? Broadcom, the document said: was retaliating because Western Digital had considered another supplier’s products.

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