Broadcom's VMware Deal Draws More Regulatory Attention

Britain's competition regulator said it examined whether U.S. chipmaker Broadcom Inc's (NASDAQ:AVGO) $61 billion acquisition of cloud computing company VMware Inc (NYSE:VMW) could perpetrate anticompetitive repercussions.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) invited comments from interested parties by December 6 to help it formally assess whether to launch an investigation into the Broadcom-VMware deal.
The Broadcom-VMware deal marks Broadcom's attempt to diversify its business into enterprise software.
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The companies also sought European Union antitrust approval.
Tech deals drew intense scrutiny from regulators worldwide on concerns of too much market power in the hands of a few and the possibility of more prominent companies acquiring startups only to shut them down.
The CMA had ordered Meta Platform Inc (NASDAQ:META) to dump the takeover of Giphy as it could limit other social media platforms' access to GIFs, making those sites less attractive to users and less competitive.
Nvidia Corp's (NASDAQ:NVDA) deal to scoop British chip designer Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBF) (OTC:SFTBY) Arm Ltd collapsed after regulatory opposition.
Price Action: AVGO shares closed higher by 0.6% at $515.16 on Friday.