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Conexant Retires Debt - Analyst Blog

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:34:55 GMT

Conexant Systems, Inc. (CNXT) recently announced that it will redeem the remaining $61.4 million of outstanding floating rate senior secured notes due in November 2010 on Dec18, 2009. Earlier, the company retired an aggregate amount of $80 million of its senior secured notes due in November 2010.[More...]

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:21:30 GMT

Good morning. Stocks tanked in the last half-hour on Thursday and while the major news outlets attributed the decline to either profit taking or some trepidation in front of this morning's big Jobs report, we'd like to offer a little more substantial reason for the 85 point dive on an otherwise subdued day of trading.[More...]

Wall Street Tumbles On Semiconductor Downgrade, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Slides

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:45:45 GMT

US stocks declined on Thursday after BofA-Merrill Lynch analysts downgraded the semiconductors industry, sending technology stocks lower.[More...]

Chip Stock Ratings Chopped At Bank of America (BAC)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:48:43 GMT

As the market turned decisively negative on Thursday morning, no sector was hit heavier that the semiconductor industry. An analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC) downgraded the entire sector’s outlook from “positive” to “negative” and also downgraded 8 stocks in the sector. The most notable downgraded stock in the sector is Intel (INTC) which is trading 5.5% to the downside on heavy volume.[More...]

Stock Futures Signal Start In Red - Retail Earnings Mixed, Chips Downgraded

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:14:26 GMT

Futures indicate a lower start to U.S. action, holding their downside after jobless claims data.[More...]

Semiconductors: Cycle stalls; Downgrading sector view - Merrill Lynch/BAM

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:02:25 GMT

Firm notes they are downgrading their view on the sector given unfavorable indications from our cyclical framework suggesting a modest inventory correction, even in the face of improving electronic demand and a more constructive outlook for the global economies. They are also downgrading shares of INTC, TXN, MRVL, and LSI to Neutral, and MXIM, NSM, POWI and MCHP to Underperform. Merrill now rates a modest 5 stocks (BRCM, XLNX, ALTR, ADI and LLTC) as Buys within their[More...]

Earnings Season Option Plays For Tuesday & Wednesday

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:08:21 GMT

In my latest two blog posts Monday and Wednesday, I listed some stocks which I would be willing to go long by selling the puts right before the stock reported earnings. Keep in mind these are companies which I believed would have a positive reaction to the earnings, however if the stock moved sideways on the number this strategy would still likely return a gain the following day.[More...]

More Earnings Season Option Strategies

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:18:50 GMT

In my blog post Monday I listed a few stocks which I would be willing to go long by selling the puts right before the stock reported earnings. If you missed it you can view the details here. As indicated I took positions on Apple (AAPL), Caterpillar (CAT), Texas Instruments (TXN), SanDisk (SNDK), Walter Energy (WLT), and Yahoo! (YHOO).[More...]

Looking Across The Semiconductor Landscape

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:13:46 GMT

We review recent trends and developments in the semiconductor industry.[More...]

Wall Street Declines On Disappointing Housing Data, Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) Tumbles

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:55:00 GMT

US stocks finished down on Tuesday as weaker-than-expected housing data outweighed strong corporate quarterly earnings.[More...]

Sensata plans to raise up to $500 million in IPO

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:48:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Sensata Technologies Holding BV, which makes engineered sensors and controls for manufacturers in the automotive, aircraft and other industries, plans to raise up to $500 million in an initial public offering.
The company operated as part of chip maker Texas Instruments Inc. from 1959 until it was sold to Bain Capital to operate as a stand-alone company in 2006.
Its main U.S. operating subsidiary is Sensata Technologies Inc. based in Attleboro, Mass.

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Conexant Retires Debt - Analyst Blog

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Wall Street Tumbles On Semiconductor Downgrade, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Slides

Chip Stock Ratings Chopped At Bank of America (BAC)

Stock Futures Signal Start In Red - Retail Earnings Mixed, Chips Downgraded

Semiconductors: Cycle stalls; Downgrading sector view - Merrill Lynch/BAM

Earnings Season Option Plays For Tuesday & Wednesday

More Earnings Season Option Strategies

Looking Across The Semiconductor Landscape

Wall Street Declines On Disappointing Housing Data, Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) Tumbles

Sensata plans to raise up to $500 million in IPO

The Dallas Morning News Robert Miller column: Spirit of Generations luncheon to honor Sally and Forrest Hoglund

Wireless 4G plans take wing at Dallas conference

SanDisk shares fall after Goldman downgrade

Durable goods orders rise 1 percent in September

Ahead of the Bell: Durable Goods

Council to Consider Granting FSTI Annexation Petition

Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy Column

TI Posts Weak Q3 Results

Stocks fall after mixed economic data, earnings

Option 3G solution in Google Android 2.0 development platform for pocket, handheld and tablet devices from MOTO Development Group

The Fortune Financial Updated Analysis on Newell Rubbermaid Inc., Allied Irish Banks plc, Constellation Brands Inc., Xerium Technologies Inc., GLG Partners Inc. and First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

Xtendwave Announces Key Additions to Senior Management Team

Explicit Picks Daily Report Alerts Investors to Big Buzz From CIT Group Inc; Favorable Reports and Marketing With Techs; Apple Inc, Texas Instruments Inc and Motorola Inc.

Bsquare Delivers First Windows(R) Embedded CE 6.0 R3 Board Support Package for the Texas Instruments OMAP(TM) 3 Platform

Golden-iTM By Kopin Delivers Mobile Computing Experience: Wireless Hands-Free Control of PCs, Clouds and the Internet

ARCHOS Brings the Android Platform to a Large-Screen Internet Tablet With the New ARCHOS 5

Cranes Software Releases the Latest Version of Its FEA Software Suite - NISA

Samsung Electronics Presents New Ultra Portable Data Projector

TI CEO Rich Templeton to Deliver Keynote at Deutsche Bank Investor Conference ; Live Webcast at Www.Ti.Com/Ir; September 15, 2009, Approximately 12:30 P.M. Pacific Time

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