Broadcom Corporation BRCM:NASDAQ
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Latest News Headlines for Broadcom Corporation

Friday 11/20/2009 9:21 AM ET - Comtex SmarTrend(R)

Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM) initiated with an Outperform at BMO Capital. The stock closed yesterday at $29.16 on volume of 8,291,700 shares, below average daily volume of 9,473,542.

Broadcom is currently above its 200-day moving average of $24.80 and should find resistance at its 50-day moving average of $29.18.

Friday 11/20/2009 8:46 AM ET - Comtex SmarTrend(R)

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Friday 11/20/2009 12:00 AM ET - PR Newswire

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that the Chinese Wireless Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI) security standard, which is required for all WLAN products sold in China, is now available on many of its wireless offerings. Through a combination of software and hardware elements, Broadcom is featuring WAPI on several of its most popular WLAN solutions, allowing manufacturers to deliver a var

Wednesday 11/18/2009 8:00 AM ET - PR Newswire

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a new line of low-power, high performance Ethernet switches for service provider networks. Broadcom's newest carrier-class switch offerings allow mobile and broadband service providers to deploy a new generation of high performance network infrastructure equipment with substantially lower capital and operational expenditures. As a leading semiconductor vendor, Broadcom

Tuesday 11/17/2009 12:00 PM ET - BusinessWire

Symwave, Inc., a leading silicon supplier of system solutions for SuperSpeed USB devices, today announced the addition of Adam Spice as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Over the past nine years, Mr. Spice led the financial execution of over 40 acquisitions and strategic equity investments totaling over $6 billion while at Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM). Most recently, as Broadcom's Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development, he managed the com

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Bid/Size

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Ask/Size

28.86

Price Open

29.16

Previous Close

29.03

Day High

28.30

Day Low

1.46

Beta (5yr)

31.20/9/23/09

52wk High/Date

13.15/11/21/08

52wk Low/Date

12.6 Billion

Market Capitalization

436.5 Million

Shares Outstanding

54.45

Volatility Avg (1 Year)

9.1 Million

Avg Vol (10 day)

NM

P/E Ratio

-0.3184

EPS (TTM)

Broadcom Corporation does not pay dividends.

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Broadcom Corporation vs. Peers

Company Market Cap YTD Price Performance
BRCM

Broadcom Corporation

14.2B
+69.5%
INTC

Intel Corporation

106.2B
+31.2%
TXN

Texas Instruments Incorporated

31.0B
+59.4%
ADI

Analog Devices, Inc.

8.0B
+44.5%
MRVL

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

9.5B
+129.1%

Company Background

Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom) is a provider of semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom provides a portfolio of system-on-a-chip (SoC) and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. Its product portfolio includes solutions for digital cable, satellite and Internet potocol (IP) set-top boxes and media servers; high definition television (HDTV); digital versatile discs (DVD) players and personal video recording (PVR) devices; cable and digital subscriber lines (DSL) modems and residential gateways; transmission and switching for local, metropolitan, wide area and storage networking; server solutions; broadband network and security processors; cellular communications; global positioning system (GPS) applications; mobile multimedia and applications processors; mobile power management, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) gateway and telephony systems.

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