QUALCOMM

Jefferies & Co. recommends semiconductors' stock selection for 2011 in order to deliver relative outperformance as it continues to prefer the secular stories such as those with specific revenue share gains, product cycles, or new business ramps.

British chipmaker CSR said it had settled its legal battle over technology patents with U.S. rival Broadcom Corp, boosting the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi specialist's shares on Tuesday.

Stocks fell further on Friday as bank shares were pressured by a court ruling on foreclosures and a drop in Qualcomm Inc dragged the Nasdaq composite index 1 percent lower.

Qualcomm Inc plans to dominate the supply of wireless chips for tablet devices such as Apple's iPad with its $3.2 billion planned purchase of Atheros Communications Inc .

Qualcomm Inc. agreed to purchase chip maker Atheros Communications for $45 per share, or a total of about $3.2-billion.

Auriga's previous valuation model had suggested that Sprint’s spectrum was worth $7 billion based on older auction sales of spectrum by the U.S. Government, while the updated model suggests a valuation closer to $9 billion.

Qualcomm Inc plans to buy Atheros Communications Inc for roughly $3.2 billion in cash, showing its determination to become a major player in supplying chips for smartphones and tablet computers.

Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) is preparing to acquire semiconductor company Atheros Communications (Nasdaq: ATHR), for about $45 per share, or $3.5 billion, according to a report in the New York Times.

U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc will invest nearly $1 billion in Taiwan this year to build a display plant to tap growing demand for new portable devices including electronics reading devices.

Microsoft plans to unveil its plans over a new Windows operating system (OS), specifically crafted to optimize the ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) CPU architecture for smartphones and tablets, signifying its departure from a long standing relationship with x86 Intel chips.

Telecom bellwether AT&T announced its acquisition of wireless spectrum from chipmaker Qualcomm for $1.925 billion to strengthen its advanced 4G mobile broadband offering.

No. 2 U.S. mobile service AT&T Inc said it agreed to buy mobile television spectrum licenses from Qualcomm Inc for $1.93 billion, to provide advanced 4G mobile broadband.

The company talks about its multimode technology, while showing faith in Clearwire.

Oppenheimer has lowered its fiscal 2011 earnings forecast for chip maker Qualcomm, saying that margins at the company's CDMA unit will decline to drive share gains.

Credit Suisse upgraded chip maker Qualcomm to outperform from neutral and raised profit estimates of the company, citing improved visibility on earnings growth.

Specifications of Sony Ericsson's Anzu smartphone are out in the wild and the reports confirm it's not running on Gingerbread juice.

FBR Capital Markets raised its profit estimate and price target of Nvidia (NVDA), a day after the graphics chip maker reported third quarter earnings that topped Wall Street estimates.

Stock index futures rose on Thursday, pointing to a rebound from Wednesday's sell-off after eBay posted solid earnings and Qualcomm boosted its outlook.

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as concerns grew about the deteriorating financial health of Greece and big telecommunications equipment companies reported weak results.

Stocks finished little changed on Wednesday as disappointing outlooks from healthcare companies offset strong earnings from Morgan Stanley and Apple Inc .

U.S. stocks rose sharply on Thursday, driving the Dow and S&P 500 to new 18-month highs as Qualcomm and Best Buy boosted their profit outlooks and financials surged for a second day.