Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has made what many will consider as a strange merger, but there is more to this merger than meets the eye and this will give Intel higher ticket…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) came in with its earnings of $0.01 EPS and $2.09 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters had estimates at -$0.03 EPS on $1.9 billion in sales. Outside of…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Thursday morning with about two hours until the market opens: Advance…
According to the head of the FDIC, a “bad bank” system could jumpstart the US economy. Reuters reports that some economists believe that the US economy will start to rebound in the…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls we have seen this Friday morning…. Friday the 13th: ASML (ASML) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. ATMI (ATMI) Raised to Buy at…
Continuing jobless claims rose by 159,000 in the week ended Jan. 17 to a seasonally adjusted 4.78 million, the most since the government’s records began in 1967. The number of unemployed people…
Short sellers placed large bets against the stock of tech companies for the period ending on January 15, taking a series of positions to gamble that firms like Microsoft (MSFT) and Cisco…
It seems impossible that a handful of companies could put nearly 80,000 people out of work in a day. Caterpillar (CAT), Pfizer (PFE), Texas Instruments (TXN), Sprint (S), and Home Depot (HD)…
There is a new trend that has emerged in this earnings season that will have an impact in 2009 and maybe beyond: a lack of earnings and/or revenue guidance. This unravels roughly…
According to Reuters, American Express (AXP) earnings dropped 72% but still beat expectations. Reuters writes that Geithner was confirmed to be Treasury Secretary. Reuters reports that people lost confidence in business globally…
Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) has posted its fourth quarter results of $0.08 EPS on revenue of $2.49 billion. There are items here in the numbers and the company is very cautious…
Douglas A. McIntyre Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) followed the path of other chip stocks and came out with lower guidance last night. This was on the heels of atrocious guidance from Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN)…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, The Tribune Company filed for Chapter 11. Reuters reports that Congress and The White House are close to a bill that would give Detroit modest loans. Reuters reports that…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) lowered guidance at its mid-quarter update. We expected this, but the magnitude here for companies reporting data later this quarter is getting worse than those which gave…
Douglas A. McIntyre Today may be a fairly important news day after the close for semiconductor stocks. We have a mid-quarter update from Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) and an earnings report from National Semiconductor…
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