Briefing: EU to Investigate Broadcom’s $61 Billion VMware Acquisition

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The European Union announced it will open an investigation into Broadcom’s proposed $61 billion acquisition of VMware due to concerns that Broadcom could try to impede competing hardware companies by limiting their ability to interoperate with VMware’s software. The decision, which will delay until May the EU’s final decision on approving the acquisition, suggests that Broadcom could have a...

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Broadcom Inc.
$50M to $100M