Texas Instruments to buy shares and boost dividend
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Texas Instruments Inc  said on Friday that its board had approved an additional $5 billion share buyback, and the company plans to raise its quarterly cash dividend by 25 percent.
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The Schaumburg, Ill., tech giant set final plans in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday to distribute to shareholders its remaining stake in the Austin, Texas, chip company.
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Texas power company TXU Corp.  said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by a group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group  for $31.8 billion in the largest leveraged buyout in history.
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U.S. stocks gained on Wednesday as  positive earnings from companies such as Texas Instruments Inc.  TXN.N and Eli Lilly and Co. LLY.N, helped extend the  previous session's rally.
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The chipmaker takes to hiking its dividend and a massive share buyback to prove its mettle.
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Texas Instruments Inc  posted a  10 percent gain in third-quarter earnings on Monday, but the  mobile chipmaker forecast revenues below analysts' estimates,  sparking a drop in its stock.
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DALLAS (CBS.MW) - Shares of TXU surged as much as 15 percent Monday after announcing it more than tripled its dividend payout from the prior quarter, increased its 2004 and 2005 earnings forecasts, and set a 50 million stock repurchase program.
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Texas Instruments Inc. ,  the biggest maker of chips for cellphones, on Monday posted a  27 percent rise in quarterly earnings due to strong handset  demand and affirmed market expectations that growth would  continue to be robust.
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A major Taiwanese maker of satellite radios and components stands to benefit from theÂ proposed mergerÂ between two U.S. companies, Sirius Satellite RadioÂ and XM Satellite Radio Holdings, lifting its stock higher in Taipei on Monday.
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U.S. stocks were set to move slightly  higher at the open on Friday with a $1 billion share buyback at  Texas Instruments Inc. TXN.N supporting technology stocks,  although rising oil prices could limit gains.
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The four networks have been bought by consortia which include Scottish &amp; Southern Energy and United Utilities. Transco said that it would return about Â£2bn to shareholders following the sale and would increase its dividend for the current year by 20%.
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Shares of Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) rose after the market close on Thursday, after the chip maker said it plans to buy back $1 billion in stock
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings raised its bid for CBOT Holdings, parent of the Chicago Board of Trade, for the second time in five weeks, adding a $485 million dividend to its earlier $10.19 billion proposal.
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s biggest company by market value, said it will buy back as much as $15 billion in stock and raise its dividend as Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt&#39;s growth strategy generates more cash and profit.
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Intel Corp. INTC.O, the world's  largest maker of computer chips, said on Wednesday it would  double its quarterly dividend to 8 cents a share, the second  time this year it has doubled its cash payout.
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NEW YORK - Investors bid stocks higher Tuesday as oil stepped back from its highs and earnings results from companies including International Business Machines Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc...
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Indian conglomerate Tata plans to buy a stake in a high-tech unit of Germany's Deutsche Telekom which would see thousands of jobs outsourced, according to a German weekly newsmagazine.