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$20B Broadcom Coming Back to the US

<p>Broadcom&comma; a tech firm best known for making radio chips for the iPhone&comma; is moving its legal headquarters from Singapore to the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;Their move back to the United States is something very&comma; very special and very important&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Trump&period; &ldquo&semi;And you have been seeing this happen with numerous companies&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Trump made the announcement alongside Broadcom CEO Hock Tan on Thursday&comma; not long after Republicans unveiled&nbsp&semi;their overhaul of the tax plan&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;Thanks to you&comma; Mr&period; President&comma; business conditions have steadily improved&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Tan&period; &ldquo&semi;We are making American home again&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The move will create high-paying jobs and bring &dollar;20 billion in annual revenue back to the United States&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tan credited the GOP&rsquo&semi;s tax plan as a reason for the move&period; Among other changes&comma; the new tax plan would slash the corporate tax rate from 35&percnt; to 20&percnt;&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;The proposed tax reform package would level the global playing field and allow us to compete worldwide from here in the United States&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Tan&period; &ldquo&semi;America is once again the best place to lead a business with a global footprint&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Broadcom&rsquo&semi;s operating headquarters are in California&comma; but the company reincorporated in Singapore two years ago for tax purposes&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to saving money&comma; moving back to the US will also help Broadcom gain regulatory approval for its proposed &dollar;5&period;9 billion purchase of American networking company Brocade&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The merger has been delayed multiple times by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US &lpar;CFIUS&rpar;&comma; a panel that reviews the risks involved when a foreign company acquires an American company&period;&nbsp&semi;That&nbsp&semi;review will no longer be necessary if Broadcom becomes an American company&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Broadcom is also considering a &dollar;100 billion-plus acquisition of chipmaker Qualcomm Inc&period;&comma; which would have been all but impossible if the company remained in Singapore&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note<&sol;strong>&colon; This is a major fish for Trump who has promised to pull companies back to America&period; Could&nbsp&semi;this be the beginning of a trend&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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