Kicking things off this morning: Volterra Semiconductor (VLTR), which sells high-performance analog and mixed-signal power management chips.
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Not long ago, bosses were protective of their dividends, because investors saw them as the most potent signal that management could send about the future of its business.
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Buying back shares and raising its quarterly dividend 25% is a signal that Merrill's management feels confident about growth targets, though analysts said it could also indicate that Merrill sees those actions as better alternatives than a big acquisition.
Knowing how much of his own money a manager has in a fund would also signal what he thinks of its management and prospects.
Instead of quickly sending out a signal to disable pirated access cards, DirecTV management waited for the company's weekly disabling blast.
One of the best-known hedge funds, Soros Fund Management, admitted that it chewed over the sell signal given by the Big Mac index when the euro was launched, but then decided to ignore it.
V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions that leverage its leading RF, Analog, Power Management, Interface, Security and Digital Processing expertise.
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"When I see all-time highs in the Dow, that's a signal to me to back off, " says Frank Seldin, 51 years old, a management consultant in Rhinebeck, N.
John Stephenson of First Asset Investment Management, a Canadian fund manager, reckons the idea that speculators swamp every other price signal is odd.
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