International Business News - BRCM http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Qualcomm Inc.'s loss to Broadcom Corp. in a patent fight over push-to-talk technology is a minor, analysts said Friday. A federal judge ruled Thursday that Qualcomm, the developer of wireless technology, violated a ban on walkie-talkie functions owned by Broadcom, and ordered it to pay the gross profits from its QChat service. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/ahead-of-the-bell-minor-legal-bump-for-qualcomm.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:12:26 EDT A federal judge ruled that Qualcomm Inc. violated a ban on wireless technology owned by rival chip maker Broadcom Corp., the companies said Thursday. U.S. District Judge James Selna found that Qualcomm violated an injunction on use of chips for certain networks with high-speed Internet connections. He also ruled that Qualcomm was not paying royalties to Broadcom on phones with its QChat walkie-talkie feature. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/judge-qualcomm-violates-broadcom-ruling.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:01:26 EDT Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli has apologized for lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission during its probe of stock options backdating at the chip maker. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/broadcom-co-founder-apologizes-after-plea-deal.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:33:15 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Tuesday, Aug. 26, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of Broadcom Corp. fell Tuesday after an analyst downgraded the telecommunications chip maker saying he expects a deceleration beginning in the fourth quarter that could affect the company's multiple for several quarters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/movers-roundup-broadcom-sirf-technology.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:19:30 EDT Shares of Broadcom Corp. fell Tuesday after an analyst downgraded the telecommunications chip maker saying he expects a deceleration beginning in the fourth quarter that could affect the company's multiple for several quarters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/broadcom-shares-slide-analyst-sees-slowdown.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:07:20 EDT Shares of SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. hit an all-time low on Tuesday after a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission recommended that imports of some of SiRF's GPS chips be banned. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/sirf-stock-down-after-judge-recommends-import-ban.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:26:17 EDT Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/aig-precision-drilling-amd-are-big-movers.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:28:04 EDT Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. climbed Monday after the chip maker struck a deal to sell a money-losing unit that makes chips for digital TVs. The stock added rose 12 cents, or 2.1 percent, to $5.93. The stock, which has been pummeled in recent months, has ranged from $4.05 to $14.73 over the past year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/amd-shares-up-after-deal-to-sell-unit-to-broadcom.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:57:52 EDT Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will sell its unit that makes chips for digital TV sets to fellow chip maker Broadcom Corp. for $192.8 million in cash, the companies announced Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/broadcom-to-buy-amd-tv-chip-business-for-192-8m.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:35:58 EDT Eddy Hartenstein, a former head of DirecTV, will become publisher of the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper reported Saturday. Hartenstein, a pioneering satellite television executive with no newspaper experience, will take over Monday. His job will be to invigorate a newspaper that has cut hundreds of jobs as it struggles with plunging circulation and ad revenue in the Internet age. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/former-directv-head-named-la-times-publisher.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:42:28 EDT Eddy Hartenstein, a former head of DirecTV, will become publisher of the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper reported Saturday. Hartenstein, a pioneering satellite television executive with no newspaper experience, will take over Monday. His job will be to invigorate a newspaper that has cut back hundreds of jobs as it struggles with plunging circulation and ad revenue in the Internet age. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/former-directv-head-named-la-times-publisher.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:17:07 EDT Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday the U.S. International Trade Commission has denied the request of rival SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. to review an initial patent ruling against the company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/broadcom-says-itc-denies-sirf-request-for-review.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:53:13 EDT Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday that it had won an initial ruling against rival SiRF Technology Holdings for violating six patents covering technology designed for global positioning systems. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/broadcom-wins-initial-ruling-in-gps-patent-dispute.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:37:00 EDT Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday that it had won an initial ruling against rival SiRF Technology Holdings for violating six patents covering technology designed for global positioning systems. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/broadcom-wins-initial-ruling-in-gps-patent-dispute.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:50:04 EDT Chip makers headed higher Thursday, with industry leader Intel Corp. gaining after a Citi analyst said the company's Atom chips for low-cost laptops look to be running "well ahead" of his expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/sector-snap-semiconductors-up.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:37:19 EDT SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to re-examine four patents that Broadcom Corp. recently asserted against the company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/sirf-asks-for-patent-re-examination.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:31:52 EDT Global sales of semiconductors grew 5.4 percent to $127.5 billion in the first half of 2008 propelled mostly by overseas demand, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/chip-sales-grow-5-4-percent-in-1st-half-of-year.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:45:06 EDT Wireless chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Monday that its board has authorized a program to repurchase up to $1 billion of its Class A common stock. Repurchases under the program can be made through July 2011. Since 2005, Broadcom has spent $2.43 billion to repurchase stock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/broadcom-to-buy-back-up-to-1-billion-of-stock.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:02:58 EDT Nokia Corp. is more than doubling the size of its direct venture investment fund with an injection of $150 million, with a view to putting some of the money to use in India and China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/nokia-to-beef-up-venture-fund-expand-in-china.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:51:58 EDT Nokia Corp. is more than doubling the size of its direct venture investment fund with an injection of $150 million, with a view to putting some of the money to use in India and China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/nokia-to-beef-up-venture-fund-expand-in-china.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:03:40 EDT