Largest global supplier of power discretes

A short brief from EE Times concluded that if ST Microelectronics were to ever successfully bid for Infineon, the merger of these two companies would create the largest global supplier of power discretes, with a market share more than current leaders, Fairchild and International Rectifier. Meantime, would this ever happen ? How much will the offer be ? If ever a merger, how will these two different cultures integrate as ONE organization ? Just have to wait and see.

At the other end, Qualcomm is tied to four infringement cases (three with Broadcom, one with Nokia). I wonder how much they have paid out just for attorney fees alone?