National Semiconductor News

NEW YORK -- Nationstar Mortgage Holdings hit a new 52-week high Friday as it is currently trading at $17.90, above its previous 52-week high of $17.74 with 688,681 shares traded as of 3 p.m. ET.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. The analysts wrote, "1Q12 EPS and levels of cash profitability were above our estimates by a comfortable margins and the high cash gains being generated in the mortgage operation are likely to persist for at least two quarters.

But is Wall Street impressed? As consistent as Texas Instruments has been over the years, it has always flown under the radar of Wall Street and hidden in the shadows of Intel.

Texas Instruments Inc. said Thursday it donated $2.2 billion to the University of California-Berkeley to revamp the school's electronic design laboratory.