Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) will buy National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) for $25 a share in cash. The total value of the transaction is $6.5 billion. That price is 78% above where National…
Republicans plan to cut $6 trillion from the budget over the next decade (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be investigated by the FTC (Bloomberg) The FAA will begin inspection of most older…
If you have wondered why there have been so few legacy chip companies announcing mergers, you have to wonder no more. After the close of trading came word that Texas Instruments Inc.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) Reiterated Buy with $62 target at Argus.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Buy at TD. Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ)…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is among many of the established companies which has filed its annual report or 10-K with the SEC. These reports are almost always long and boring and unfortunately…
Yesterday brought on a very unusual volume alert for active traders in shares of Atheros Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), which was briefly halted on a circuit breaker spike. The cause was a…
After about two weeks of being quiet and dark, Wall Street research departments are back after the holidays. These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in…
These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Raised to Outperform at Baird. Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE)…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) seems to be losing some of its edge when it comes to its share of the global semiconductor business. Gartner Group gave a forecast of total company revenues…
Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) CEO Jeff Kindler resigned because he was tired, he says. “The combination of meeting the requirements of our many stakeholders around the world and the 24/7 nature of my…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Digital River Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), Funtalk China Holdings Limited…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Started as Neutral at Sterne Agee. ASML Holding (NASDAQ:…
Short sellers increased their positions in a number of telecom and tech stocks. Shares sold short in AT&T (NYSE: T) rose 14% to 58.2 million. The short interest in Verizon (NYSE: VZ)…
Piper Jaffray upgrades shares of Kenexato Overweight and raised the its target to $29 from $13. BNP Paribas was downgraded to “equal weight” from “overweight” by Morgan Stanley on valuation grounds Natixis…
