Texas Instruments
New York symbol TXN, is the world's leading maker of chips for cellphones and other portable devices.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. $28 (New York symbol TXN [Switches to Nasdaq on January 1, 2012, symbol TXN]; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $30.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.ti.com) is seeing weaker demand for its analog chips, which convert sound and images into digital signals that computers …read more »
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Texas Instruments Inc., symbol TXN on New York, is shifting its focus from digital chips for cellphones to faster-growing analog chips, which convert sound and images into digital signals that computers can understand.
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Revenue and earnings declined in …read more »
Texas Instruments Inc. (symbol TXN on New York) makes chips for a wide variety of electronic devices, including cell phones, DVD players, digital cameras and handheld calculators. The company’s chips are also used in other products ranging from weapons-guidance systems to kidney-dialysis machines.
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Texas Instruments Inc. (New York symbol TXN) makes chips for a wide variety of electronic devices, including cellphones, DVD players, digital cameras and handheld calculators. The tech stock’s chips are also used in other products, ranging from weapons-guidance systems to kidney-dialysis machines.
In the three months ended December 31, 2010, Texas Instruments’ earnings jumped to $942 million, or $0.78 a share. …read more »
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WELLS FARGO & CO. $24 (New York symbol WFC; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 4.7 billion; Market cap: $112.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; WSSF Rating: Average) earned a record $3.2 billion in the second quarter of 2009. That’s up 80.9% from $1.8 billion a year earlier. Last January’s purchase of rival banking firm Wachovia Corp. was the main …read more »
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VERIGY LTD. $23 (Nasdaq symbol VRGY; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 60.2 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; WSSF Rating: Extra risk) makes equipment that chipmakers like Intel, Texas Instruments and Nvidia use to test their products. Verigy’s products help its customers cut down on production errors, and improve their profits.
The company designs its test systems itself, …read more »
