International Business News - QCOM 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 The San Diego Padres dismissed as "highly speculative" a report that owner John Moores will sell 49 percent of the team as part of a divorce settlement with wife Becky. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/san-diego-padres-downplay-report-of-sale.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:27:54 EDT Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Wednesday it has filed a complaint against rival Qualcomm Inc., saying the company's sales and licensing practices amount to "patent misuse." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/broadcom-files-patent-lawsuit-against-qualcomm.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:43:51 EDT Shares of semiconductor companies tumbled Monday as fears over a global credit crisis sank stocks and sent the Dow Jones industrial down more than 700 points to below 10,000 for the first time in four years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/sector-snap-semiconductors-tumble.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:58:46 EDT Semiconductor sales totaled $22.7 billion in August, up 5.5 percent from a year ago and 2.4 percent from the previous month, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/industry-group-august-chip-sales-rose-5-5-percent.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:11:24 EDT Shares of Broadcom Corp., which designs chips for cell phones and Internet networking gear, climbed Tuesday, shrugging off a downbeat analyst report on the firm as semiconductor stocks rebounded along with the broader market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/broadcom-shares-gain-despite-analyst-cut.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:10:05 EDT Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Wednesday an appeals court upheld a May 2007 jury verdict that rival Qualcomm Inc. violated two of its patents. A third patent was found to be invalid. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/appeals-court-sides-with-broadcom-in-patent-case.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:05:52 EDT Wireless technology maker Qualcomm Inc. said it has named Robert Walton senior vice president and head of the company's enterprise services division. Walton joined Qualcomm Enterprise Services in May of 2007 as vice president of product management and marketing for the enterprise services division, which provides wireless solutions for vehicle telematics, mobile device management, machine-to-machine communications and other enterprise applications. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/qualcomm-names-robert-walton-senior-vice-president.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:44:28 EDT 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 Picture whipping out your cell phone and catching up with "Lost" or "Jeopardy," or watching the local 11 o'clock news, all for free. You can do this with an imported Chinese phone, but you can't with any phone sold in the U.S.--at least not without monthly charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111315-cell-phone-tv.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/analog-shutdown-kills-free-cell-phone.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/analog-shutdown-kills-free-cell-phone.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:34:08 EDT Picture whipping out your cell phone and catching up with "Lost" or "Jeopardy," or watching the local 11 o'clock news, all for free. You can do this with an imported Chinese phone, but you can't with any phone sold in the U.S.--at least not without monthly charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/analog-tv-shutdown-kills-free-cell-phone-tv.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:35:08 EDT Shares of Motorola Inc. rose Friday after a Citi Investment Research analyst saw the company's second-quarter report as the start of a steady upswing for the troubled handset maker. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/motorola-up-as-analyst-calls-2q-turning-point.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:02:48 EDT Rising prices stifle impact of stimulus payments WASHINGTON (AP)--Consumer spending, after adjusting for inflation, fell in June as shoppers were hit with the second biggest increase in prices in nearly three decades. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/business-highlights.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:24:10 EDT NAME: Sanjay Jha. AGE: 45. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/at-a-glance-motorolas-new-co-ceo-sanjay-jha.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:36:57 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/20080804/motorola-deere-dish-ual-among-big-movers.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:01:29 EDT Qualcomm Inc. on Monday said it had elected Stephen Bennett, the former chief executive of Intuit Inc., to its board. Bennett stepped down as CEO of the software maker in December. Before Intuit, he was at GE Capital, the financing arm of General Electric Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/qualcomm-names-ex-ceo-of-intuit-to-board.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:15:56 EDT Qualcomm Inc.'s chief operating officer, Sanjay Jha, is leaving to become the head of Motorola's handset division, but will be replaced by internal candidates, the company says. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/qualcomm-coo-leaves-for-motorola.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:04:49 EDT Motorola Inc. snagged Sanjay Jha, the chief operating officer of Qualcomm Inc. and a star of the wireless industry, to head its handset division as that unit prepares to become an independent company. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/103024-motorola-ceo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/motorola-names-sanjay-jha-head-of-handset-division.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/motorola-names-sanjay-jha-head-of-handset-division.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:17:59 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