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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Inc. (), known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology.

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Defriending Apple for Facebook?

Are investors looking to add shares of Facebook to their portfolios by slicing their Apple holdings?That's a question traders and investors have been pondering over the past few weeks, with the market souring on the once-golden Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) as Facebook prepares for its record-setting initial public offering.

"I have seen several hedge-fund-type accounts liquidating various positions to make way for Facebook," says John Glasmann of Precision Securities, a San Diego firm that specializes in IPOs.  "But I have no firsthand knowledge of this to be factual as it relates to Apple."Independent trader Doug Monieson has heard about people selling Apple to buy Facebook shares.  But he says it's more a function of a portfolio balancing issue related to Facebook's IPO that may be causing some tech fund managers to sell Apple.  The Nasdaq is changing the rules for faster inclusion into its flagship Nasdaq 100 Index.  That benchmark is tracked by the PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ) -- one of the m...

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