Qualcomm asks Broadcom over for lunch and a proper chat about being bought

Qualcomm has rejected Broadcom's latest attempt to buy it, but has also said it is willing to discuss doing a deal. That's a change from the position the company adopted after Broadcom offered US$103bn to buy Qualcomm in November 2017. At the time Qualcomm's response to Broadcom rejected the offer and said nothing about how …

[Anonymous Coward]

The days of cheap credit will be over by May. And so will be any debt-leveraged deals like this one.

That is if the EC and other regulators allow it which is highly doubtful.

This one is so dead on arrival that there is no point to order popcorn.

[Randall Shimizu]

Personally I wonder Qualcomm is even bothering to talk with Broadcomm. My only guess is that this is due financial diligence to avoid a shareholder lawsuit.