Author: Vitaliy Dadalyan

Qualcomm gets hedge fund nod with raised offer for NXP

The new deal puts pressure on fellow chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) to decide if it will stick with a stipulation in its $121 billion (86.68 billion pounds) bid for Qualcomm that the company not raise its previous $110 a share offer for NXP. It also enables Qualcomm shareholders to better assess the standalone value of Qualcomm as they consider whether to back it in a shareholder vote on its fight with Broadcom on March 6.


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2 formerly obese economists who lost a combined 120 pounds in 18 months relied on a controversial weight-loss strategy

In "The Economists' Diet," Christopher Payne and Rob Barnett argue that if you're trying to lose weight, you should step on the scale every day. Payne and Rob Barnett wrote the book "The Economists' Diet: The Surprising Formula for Losing Weight and Keeping It Off," in which they explain how to use fundamental economic principles to shed pounds the way they did. At different points in their lives, Payne and Barnett were overweight, and they got themselves to a healthier place.


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