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NEWS ABOUT: Broadcom

Broadcom stories: 5 news summaries

Not Guilty-Plea From Ex-CEO in Drug, Fraud Rap

Broadcom honcho said to spike drinks with ecstasy, commit bribery

Jun 17, 08 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Broadcom co-founder Henry Nicholas pleaded not guilty yesterday to securities fraud and drug charges, the AP reports. The former microchip king was accused of false accounting as well as dropping ecstasy into associates’ drinks, running a drug warehouse, and using bribery and death threats to keep it all quiet. The... More »

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crime • drug dealing • Broadcom • securities fraud

Ex-Broadcom Boss Charged With Drugging Exec Drinks

Dozens of drug, fraud charges for billionaire

Jun 6, 08 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Broadcom's co-founder has been indicted on an astounding spate of federal fraud and narcotics charges, the Wall Street Journal reports. Henry Nicholas III is accused of using and distributing drugs over a seven-year period while directing a criminal stock options-backdating conspiracy that cost the firm billions. Prosecutors claim he secretly... More »

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CEO • drugging • drug abuse • stock option backdating • stock options • federal indictment • Broadcom • backdating scandal

Broadcom Execs Charged With Backdating Stock Options

Chip-maker allegedly hooked up employees

May 15, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The SEC has filed civil charges against four top Broadcom execs, alleging that the men backdated employee stock-option grants between 1998 and 2003, the Wall Street Journal reports. The suit seeks fines and also the return of their illegal gains. The chip-maker—one of the boom companies of the 1990s—... More »

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SEC • stock option backdating • Broadcom

Qualcomm Loses
Patent Battle

Ordered to pull cellphone chips that infringe on rival's patents

Jan 1, 08 5:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge has ordered Qualcomm to pull off the market special feature cellphone chips that infringe on three Broadcom patents. Qualcomm can keep selling some of the chips for the next 13 months if it pays royalties to Broadcom, reports the Wall Street Journal. The ruling is the latest... More »

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Qualcomm • Broadcom • cell phone chips • EV DO • WCDMA • Judge James Selna • patent infringement

Legal Woes Haunt Qualcomm

Battles with Nokia and Broadcom take toll on stock despite record results

Nov 8, 07 10:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Qualcomm reported record sales and profits for its 2007 fiscal year, but if its executives thought that would please a jittery Wall Street, they were wrong, as shares fell in after hours trading. The Financial Times reports the company is in a long-running and costly multinational legal battle with Nokia,... More »

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Nokia • net revenue • Qualcomm • Broadcom • Steve Altman • patent

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