According to Reuters, earnings from Texas Instruments (TXN) disappointed investors and the company issued a weak forecast. Reuters report that RBS (RBS) will raise $24 billion to help the bank which is…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) just posted earnings of $0.49 EPS after items, which was really $0.43 when accounting for a tax gain and it reported Revenues of $3.27 Billion, while First…
Douglas A. McIntyre After the close today, we’ll get to see earnings out of Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN). The estimates for the company from First Call are $0.43 EPS on $3.28 billion in revenues. …
Douglas A. McIntyre Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is making an investment through Motorola Ventures, which is its strategic venture capital arm. The company has decided to go after the virtualization field and has announced that…
The good news about AMD’s (AMD) first quarter news was that the bad news was not worse. The Intel-Jr. of the chip world reported Q1 2008 revenue of $1.505 billion and a…
The auction-rate market, created in 1985, has fundamentally shut down since February sticking individual investors and corporations with the "near cash" securities. Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), Palm (NASDAQ: PALM), and a number…
Douglas A. McIntyre When the global handset market goes South a number of companies get bombed. The worst goes to the handset companies themselves. That is not good news for Motorola (NYSE: MOT). Chip companies…
Shares of Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) are trading lower this morning. The culprit is a downgrade out of American Technology Research. Analyst Doug Freedman has cut the chip maker from a Buy…
Douglas A. McIntyre Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) gave its mid-quarter forecast and no one liked it. The company projected slow growth and was especially gloomy about the sales of 3G chips. It said its largest…
According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs says the Fed may make an emergency rate cut. Reuters writes that Nokia (NOK) is likely to sell down now that information from chip company Texas Instruments…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) is set to report its mid-quarter update on Monday. What is expected to be a short press release will come after the close. The chip giant issued…
Douglas A. McIntyre Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is introducing new tiny chips aimed at the mobile computing market. According to The Wall Street Journal the are "designed to be the calculating engine for pocket-sized gadgets that…
Short interest in companies traded on the NYSE increased for a number of financial firms based on positions as of February 15. The data compares to numbers on January 31 Shares sold…
Short interest in financial stocks generally fell in NYSE figures for January 31. Numbers compare to January 15. Shares sold short in Countrywide (NYSE: CFC) fell 52.7 million to 114.2 million. Shares…
We are full fledged into earnings season now, so most news coverage will point to the current earnings environment and guidance. There are of course drug developments and other contracts awards. Below…
