Employees program Texas Instruments Inc. TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculators at a facility in Lipa, Batangas province, the Philippines. (Photographer: Hannah Reyes Morales/Bloomberg)

Texas Instruments Sales Outlook Defies Trade Concerns

(Bloomberg) -- Texas Instruments Inc. gave stronger-than-predicted sales and profit forecasts for the current quarter, indicating demand for chips may be starting to improve.