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The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 Dan Bloom	National Semiconductor's Gross Improvement Gross margins at National Semiconductor are much stronger than they were a couple of years ago. Are these shares a buy?
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The Motley Fool December 11, 2009 Anders Bylund	National Gears for Growth Even a stellar fourth-quarter report and a brilliant outlook weren't enough to justify National Semiconductor's overheated share price.
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The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Maxim May Not Be the Best Choice Today's price doesn't leave much room for this high-performance analog chip company to falter. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Analog Needs a Bump In advance of earnings reports, Analog Devices hopes to make it three quarters in a row of beating estimates; analysts think it is a long-shot at best.
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The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Anders Bylund	The Way TI Plays, Everybody Wins Semiconductor giant Texas Instruments updates its near-term outlook, trimming a bit more off the bottom end of the estimates than the top.
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The Motley Fool October 19, 2009 Rob Plaza	Is Fairchild's Rally Over? Predictably, Fairchild Semiconductor's third-quarter results came in ahead of analyst estimates. Like other semiconductor companies, it benefited from improving customer demand and inventory restocking. But is the rally over?
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The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Anders Bylund	Analog Devices' Sweet Smell of Success The semiconductor maker offers a whiff of a rosier future. Investors, take note.
InternetNews March 4, 2005 Michael Singer	Chips and Dips January sales of microchips dropped due to an excess in inventory but sales still were better year-over-year.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2010 Anders Bylund	Make No Mistake: This Is a Great Company on Sale! Linear Technology is getting punished for doing everything right. Take advantage while the injustice lasts.
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InternetNews June 12, 2006 David Needle	National Semi Makes iPod Standard Issue National Semiconductor, looking for new and more effective ways to communicate with our employees, distributes video iPods to all 8,500 employees.
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The Motley Fool March 8, 2010 Dave Mock	A Big Upgrade for National Semiconductor After being locked for more than six months at a less-than-impressive two-star rank, enough top-performing Motley Fool CAPS members have turned bullish on National Semiconductor recently to upgrade it to a more palatable three stars.
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