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The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Will Frankenhoff	Taiwan Semiconductor: Making Profits Chip by Chip Taiwan Semiconductor should benefit from its leadership position in the semiconductor foundry sector and its attractive valuation versus its peers. The company also pays a dividend of roughly 3%. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2009 Anders Bylund	When the Chips Are Down, TSMC Delivers In hot weather and cold, Taiwan Semiconductor keeps delivering outsized profits.
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InternetNews January 6, 2004 Colin Haley	IBM Snatches Chip Deal Big Blue's investment in a new semiconductor factory begins to pay off against its competition.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2010 Anders Bylund	Chip Shortages Help This Company This chip maker is riding high on everyone else's manufacturing shortages.
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The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Anders Bylund	Taiwan Semi Should Be a Home Run Stock Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing shareholders are quite used to hearing this refrain: Profit soars; the stock doesn't. What gives?
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The Motley Fool October 28, 2005 Dan Bloom	Sluggish Times for KLA-Tencor Semiconductor manufacturers' foundries need to pick up before KLA can soar. The stock is down about 4% today, because the company issued disappointing guidance for upcoming second-quarter revenues.
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The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Dan Bloom	Texas Instruments' Surprising Move The firm decides to end some in-house manufacturing. Because this is the world's third-largest semiconductor company, one must wonder what the decision means for the future of captive manufacturing capacity. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2009 Anders Bylund	Forget Solar: Buy Chip Stocks Diversified companies can teach us plenty about the rise and fall of their markets. Today's master class: MEMC Electronic Materials.
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The Motley Fool August 18, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	Time to Start Worrying About Chip Stocks? The July semiconductor earnings numbers were great, but warning signs also emerged.
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The Motley Fool June 8, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Novellus Does Better ... and There Was Much Rejoicing The semiconductor equipment maker is doing better than even the optimistic analysts expected. And thus far at least, with the stock up some 6% in morning trading, it seems like investors are getting to enjoy the rewards.
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The Motley Fool October 6, 2009 Anders Bylund	The Chip Chumps Will Shock the Street There's a slew of strong sales figures coming in the chip sector. You have been warned.
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The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Anders Bylund	AMD Can't Catch a Break AMD probably deserved a share-price boost this week, but got a swift kick in the pants instead.
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The Motley Fool July 30, 2009 Anders Bylund	Buy Taiwan Semi and Sleep Like a Baby This tech stock acts like a small mutual fund -- with a hefty dividend. What's not to love?
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