Wall St. expected Texas Instruments (TXN) to post earnings of 45 cents a share on revenue of $3.39 billion, according to a survey by FactSet Research. But, TXN came in with secondquarter…
Douglas A. McIntyre Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) has issued its mid-quarter updateafter the close on Monday. The company put the new revenue guidancerange at between $3.33 to $3.46 billion, compared with its prior rangeof…
Douglas A. McIntyre Short sellers are making significant bets that most financial stocks traded on the NYSE will fall sharply. Data is as of May 15 and compares to information on April 30. Short interest…
These aren’t the only analyst calls this Monday morning, but these are the ones we are focusing on early this morning: Akamai Tech (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.…
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…
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