Qualcomm Deal to Create Smartphone Chip Giant Faces Long Odds

Qualcomm Deal to Create Smartphone Chip Giant Faces Long Odds

Last week Hock Tan, CEO of the chipmaker Broadcom, joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office for a major announcement: the company would move its headquarters from Singapore to the US. That turned out to be a prequel to an even bigger announcement Monday: Broadcom offered to pay $105 billion for fellow chip giant …