Broadcom lowers offer for Qualcomm acquisition

A week ago Qualcomm leaders met with Broadcom to discuss the $121 billion acquisition offer. While the results of the meeting were not announced publicly, Broadcom has a new offer - $117 billion. Wait, what? In early February Broadcom upped its offer to $82 per share to try and entice the reluctant Qualcomm stockholders - they refused. Now the offer is $79 per share - $57 in cash, $22 in Broadcom shares. The reason is that Qualcomm increased its offer for the acquisition of NXP to $44 billion. The major shareholders of NXP support this new deal and it's almost approved by 8 out of 9...

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