Qualcomm didnt disclose the price for the deal, but it did say it bought three business in the year ended Sept.
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Argo specialized in Wi-Fi technology, and RF Micro specialized in Bluetooth technology used to wirelessly link cell phones to phone headsets. 2006: Qualcomm agreed to buy two chip businesses - Airgo Networks and RF Micro Devices. January 2009: AMD agreed to sell assets that formed the basis of its hand-held semiconductor business to Qualcomm for $65 million.ĭec. ISkoot, a mobile Internet technology startup. 2010: Qualcomm bought substantially all the assets of He also loves dogs.(Avid Deal Journal readers also may remember its target, Atheros, wasĪmong the companies about which corporate secrets allegedly were leaked, as caught by a federal investigation into insider trading.) He is one of the founding members of the Asian American Journalists Association's San Diego chapter and served on the national AAJA board for many years. Until 2017, he taught an upper-level magazine journalism course at Point Loma Nazarene University, where he was an adjunct professor. He has worked as a reporter, copy editor, city editor and designer for numerous Southern California newspapers, including The Orange County Register, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and the Ontario Daily Bulletin. Rocha graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications (with an emphasis on print journalism) from California State University-Fullerton in 1994. He previously wrote a monthly column on outdoor living, which focused on outdoor decor.
Through the years, he has done stints as the front page designer, audience development editor and home decor editor. He eventually became the features design editor, managing a staff of 15 designers and 17 features sections. Rocha started his career at The San Diego Union-Tribune in December 1997 as a features page designer. He oversees coverage of pop music, classical music, visual art, theater, dance, things to do and dining both for online and print. Michael James Rocha is the arts and entertainment editor. “When I’m driving that propane truck, it’s actually my relaxation time,” Swanson said with a chuckle.
That’s not a truck he can do tricks with on the road, and neither would he want to. His part-time job, during the weeks he’s not on the road: working for AmeriGas Propane as a delivery driver. We have everything from a 5-year-old boy all the way to that boy’s grandmother and grandfather,” said Swanson, who says owning and driving monster trucks is his full-time job. “We have such a broad fan base, it’s amazing. Swanson says he’s looking forward to the time behind the wheel, but most especially, the fans.
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Saturday, Swanson will join other monster truck drivers for an evening of power driving at Qualcomm Stadium. The thrill of it all - the adrenaline rush once you’re inside the truck - is worth it. Stress notwithstanding, Swanson is quick to point out that he wouldn’t have it any other way. “At any one point, when we’re driving down the road, we have about $700,000 worth of equipment that we’re hauling, and that all has to be insured,” Swanson, 42, said. And don’t even get him started on the cost. “The time leading up to those few minutes on the track, they’re stressful,” Swanson admitted. “It’s a lot of fun - those two minutes you’re on the track,” said the Menifee, Calif.-based Swanson, who owns two monster trucks, Obsession and Obsessed.īut don’t tell him that owning monster trucks is pure fun. Go ahead and tell Rick Swanson that driving a monster truck seems stress-free, and he’ll wholeheartedly agree with you.