Broadcom News

Irvine-based Broadcom is releasing a family of its voice codecs into open source this morning, the firm said, in an effort to eliminate royalties and licensing fees required by its competitors.

Emulex Corp. filed a lawsuit Monday against Broadcom Corp. that accuses its rival of squashing competition in parts of the networking market and making defamatory statements during a failed acquisition attempt earlier this year.

It's never easy being a patent king. Just ask companies like Rambus and Tessera Technologies , which have spent untold millions waging legal battles to defend their intellectual property , which they rely upon to generate the licensing fees and royalties that make up the bulk of their revenues.

Senior Vice President & CFO of Broadcom Corp. Eric Brandt sells 2,500 shares of BRCM on 11/05/2009 at an average price of $26.87 a share.

A key accuser in the criminal options-backdating case against former Broadcom Corp.

SAN DIEGO saw its sales slump during the fourth quarter, and the component manufacturer also missed Wall Street's profit estimate.

Microsoft gained 10% on higher than expected earnings as it accelerates cost cutting.

Lawyers in the Qualcomm discovery scandal claim that the company misled and stonewalled them, ultimately leading to the failure to turn over a mountain of relevant evidence and harsh sanctions from the court.

Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, will be presenting at the following fourth quarter 2009 conferences: -- The Lazard Capital Technology & Media "Best Ideas" Investor Day on November 5, 2009 -- The Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference on December 3, 2009 The company's presentations, ...

GlobalFoundries will replace him with current board member Alan Ross. Ross was previously President and CEO of Broadcom.

This surge in volume was more than five times the equity's average daily trading volume of 15,648 contracts, according to data from WhatsTrading.com. Digging into the action, we find that the November 29 call added approximately 3,000 new positions, pushing its open interest up to 5,944 contracts, while the November 33 call increased its open ...

A former Broadcom Corp. executive testified today in the criminal fraud trial of the company's former chief financial officer, William J. Ruehle, saying he helped facilitate the backdating of stock options and falsifying of documents at the Irvine chip manufacturer.

The following economic data was released during the session: Headline Indices The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 109.13 points to 9972.18 points.

It's a good day to be a bull, whether you trade options on companies involved in computers or commodities.

A former manager at Broadcom Corp. testified today in the criminal fraud trial of ex-chief financial officer William J. Ruehle, saying she often communicated with Ruehle about backdating options for employees and once asked about the legitimacy of the practice.

SCTE Expo Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced new set-top box system-on-a-chip solutions enabling manufacturers and cable service providers to cost effectively offer the latest in interactive HDTV programming, connectivity, whole-home media distribution and advanced 3D user ...

The government and the defense opened the first Broadcom Corp. criminal stock options backdating trial to reach a jury by pinpointing the company's eccentric chief executive officer, its unusual options granting process and a problematic former employee who threatened to become a whistleblower.

Filed under: Apple Inc , Market matters , Broadcom Corp'A' , Marvell Technology Group , Stocks to Buy , Cramer on BloggingStocks The Street.com's Jim Cramer says that after a tough week, the semiconductor industry finally gets some good news.

Judge Cormac Carney 's courtroom holds 58 well-packed spectators. I was No. 59 for Friday's openings in the first Broadcom case to go to trial.

Broadcom Corp. on Thursday reported a drop in third-quarter profit, as semiconductor sales fell from the year-earlier-period, although revenue rose from the last quarter.