Worldwide semiconductor sales in August were $25.7 billion, up 1.8% from July, and up 32.6% from a year ago, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
Sales for the first eight months of the year were up 44.4% from the comparable period in 2009.
“Semiconductor sales have been strong with August marking [...]

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Atheros Communications (ATHR) shares are trading modestly lower after Barclays Capital analyst Romit Shah this morning reduced his rating on the stock to Equal Weight from Overweight. He keeps his $40 target.

“While the design win pipeline has never been strong, it is unclear if notebooks and the 802.11m product cycle in networking can overwhelm like-for-like pricing and share loss in netbooks,” he writes in a research note.

ATHR is down $1.20, or 3.2%, to $36.02.

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