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Broadcom ‘Story Played Out,’ NXP To Lead Apple Sphere

NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) topped a Sanford C. Bernstein analyst’s 2016 chipmaker picks, as Apple (AAPL) supplier Broadcom (BRCM) got a downgrade ahead of its $37 billion acquisition by Avago Technologies (AVGO). Apple chip stocks were generally down Thursday, a fourth consecutive rough day for the stock market. In early afternoon trading on the stock market today, NXP and Qualcomm (QCOM) stocks were among the hardest-hit chip stocks, down 4.2% and

Car Chip Stocks Up As Safety Ratings Get Tech Revamp

Makers of active car safety technology components jumped Tuesday afternoon as U.S. regulators said 5-Star Safety Ratings will soon specify crash-avoidance technologies. Despite a down day for major indexes, camera vision chip maker Ambarella (AMBA) was up more than 3% in late-afternoon trading and Mobileye (MBLY) swung into positive territory. Both make advanced driver assistance systems, or ADAS. NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) was trading up 1.5% a

Apple Supplier NXP Muscles Up With Freescale Merger

Apple (AAPL) supplier NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) muscled by completing its $12 billion acquisition of smaller peer Freescale Semiconductor, making it No. 5 by market value in IBD’s 46-company Electronics-Semiconductor Fabless industry group. With a $20.4 billion market cap, NXP trails only Qualcomm (QCOM), Avago Technologies (AVGO), Broadcom (BRCM) — all fellow Apple suppliers — and ARM Holdings (ARMH) . In late-afternoon trading on the stock