National Semiconductor Corporation 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.

Texas Instruments Inc.'s senior vice president Sami Kiriaki said today that he expects the company to gain analog market share faster than its initial model after the National Semiconductor Corp.

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Texas Instruments Inc. detailed first-quarter job cut costs related to its $6.5 billion purchase of National Semiconductor Corp., according to documents filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Global semiconductor revenue is expected to rise at a faster pace this year, prompting bigger chipmakers to acquire smaller rivals to increase their market share, according to research company IDC.