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Speaker 1: YouTube search Bloomberg Global News. I want to go back

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Speaker 1: to Qualcom, one of the big players, a hundred and

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Speaker 1: first quarter outlook, which is ten billion to ten point

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Speaker 1: Talk about optimism. Mandy Sing he's the one who really

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Speaker 1: gets this. He's senior tech industry analysts for us here

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Speaker 1: at Bloomberg Intelligence. Here in our interactive broker's studio feels

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Speaker 1: like an upbeat report. Yes, it is a great print

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Speaker 1: secular trends that we've been witnessing, the digital transformation, connectivity overall,

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Speaker 1: five G rollouts, it's kind of playing into Qualcom strength

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Speaker 1: how you guys likened it to vintages of wine. Right,

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