Texas Instruments was referred to in the chapter as being an innovator in the calculator industry. But that is only one of its products. Let's see how this large company is doing today. Go to finance.yahoo.com and in the Get Quotes box type TXN. Click on Profile in the left margin. Write a one paragraph description of its major operations. Returning to TXN's home page, record the following:

A.Last Trade Price.

B.52-Week Low.

C.52-Week High.

D.Then click on Basic Chart on the home page and scroll down to see the pattern for the last nine months.

E.Scroll up and click on 5Y and scroll down to the evidence for five years.

F.Finally click on S&P (Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index) box above and also click on Compare. Scroll down and see the evidence. GSPC stands for the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index.

G.Write a paragraph on TXN's (Texas Instruments) stock performance.