SAS Institute decides against selling itself to Broadcom after all, reports say
SAS Institute decides against selling itself to Broadcom after all, reports say SHARE Data analytics firm SAS Institute Inc. has reportedly backed out of talks with Broadcom Inc. over a possible sale, following a change of heart by its owners. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that chipmaker Broadcom was looking to buy closely held SAS for a deal valued at between $15 billion and $20 billion. It said the deal could be could be finalized within two weeks, citing people familiar with the matter. But Jim Goodnight and John Sall, who co-founded SAS in the 1970s and...