WEB EXERCISE

1. Texas Instruments was referred to in the chapter as being an innovator in the calculator industry. But that is only one of its products. Lets see how this large company is doing today. Go to finance.yahoo.com and in the Quote Lookup box type TXN and select Texas Instruments Incorporated.

2. Click on Profile. Write a one-paragraph description of its major operations.

3. Returning to TXNs summary page, record the following: a. Last trade price b. 52-week low c. 52-week high

4. Now click on Chart and scroll down to see the pattern for the last year. Scroll up and click on 5Y and scroll down to the summary data for five years. Finally, click on Comparison and select the S&P 500 (Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index). Scroll down and review the summary data for that period. Write a paragraph describing TXNs stock performance.

Note: Occasionally a topic we have listed may have been deleted, updated, or moved into a different location on a website. If you click on the site map or site index, you will be introduced to a table of contents that should aid you in finding the topic you are looking for.