NXP Semiconductors Up 4% (NXPI)

NXP Semiconductors NV NXPI shares are higher by $1.28 to $34.22, a gain of 3.9% on rumors that the company could potentially be acquired by one of the larger chip companies. There was an article in a Dutch newspaper this morning quoting an anonymous Dutch banker saying that the offers for NXP were coming too hard and too fast for the company to ignore. NXP Semiconductors N.V., through its subsidiary NXP B.V., provides mixed signal solutions and semiconductor components primarily in Japan, Europe, South Korea, Rest of Asia Pacific, and the Americas.