Shares of VMware Inc.
VMW,
-10.14%
slumped 10% Thursday following a news report that the Chinese government could block Broadcom Inc.’s
AVGO,
-0.83%
planned $69 billion acquisition of VMware. Chinese regulators are considering whether to delay approval of the megadeal, according to a report in The Financial Times Thursday. Opposition is considered a response to the U.S. government’s recent trade restrictions on sales of…