What happened at Qualcomm?
The Story of Money
Manuela Saragosa
4.4 • 400 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2018
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The Trump administration blocked chipmaker Broadcom's bid to acquire rival Qualcomm on the grounds of national security. But how did the San Diego-based company become the target in the first place? And who will ultimately own the mobile technology of the future?
With FT reporters James Fontanella-Khan and Tim Bradshaw.
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| 0:35.0 | welcome to Behind the Money with the Financial Times. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Amy Keene, a reporter for the FT in New York. |
| 0:40.0 | This is a new podcast where my FT colleagues and I are going to dig into the big business and financial |
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| 0:55.0 | Today on our first episode, The Biggest Tech Deal that never was. |
| 1:01.0 | The Trump administration scuttled Broadcom's attempt to acquire rival chipmaker |
| 1:05.3 | Qualcomm earlier this year, and it was all in the name of national security. But how did |
| 1:11.1 | Qualcomm find itself the target of a takeover in the first place? |
| 1:14.0 | How will the company recover after months on the defensive? |
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