Charles Carlson Highlights DRIPs for the Following Stocks: Texas Instruments, Kinder Morgan, Microsoft, and Qualcomm.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2003 Another technology stalwart has seen the light and initiated a direct-purchase plan. Learn all you need to know about this very advantageous method through the analysis of DRIP expert Charles Carlson. Read about Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TXN TXN Texas Instruments (stock symbol) TXN Transaction (databases) TXN Tunxi, China (Airport Code) TXN Tarxien (postal locality, Malta) ), Kinder Morgan Kinder Morgan Inc. NYSE: KMI is an American energy company. It is also, through a subsidiary, the general partner of and owner of many of the interests in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, a publicly traded pipeline and terminal limited partnership. (NYSE:KMI KMI Kerrigan Media International, Inc. KMI Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut KMI Key Management Infrastructure KMI Knowledge Management Institute (George Washington University) KMI Keep Me Informed ), Microsoft (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), and Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM QCOM Qualcomm, Inc. (stock symbol) ). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://featuredexpert2bw.zacks.com/ Here are the highlights from the Featured Expert column: First came Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) with its direct-purchase plan. Then Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) implemented a direct-purchase plan. Now comes Texas Instruments. Below is a review of Texas Instruments' new plan, along with a review of a new plan for Kinder Morgan. Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN) designs and manufactures semiconductor products. For 2003 overall, the consensus earnings estimate is $0.33, up from $0.22 in 2002. Wall Street is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a big rebound in profits in 2004, to $0.63 per share. Texas Instruments' direct-purchase plan permits initial purchases directly with a minimum initial investment of $250. Subsequent investments are a minimum $50. Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) is an energy storage and transportation company. High natural-gas prices have fueled big profit gains in recent quarters. The strong earnings growth, coupled with the new tax law reducing taxes on dividends to a maximum 15%, have combined to generate big dividend increases at Kinder Morgan. Kinder Morgan's direct-purchase plan permits initial purchases directly with a minimum initial investment of $250. The company will waive the minimum if an investor agrees to automatic monthly investment of $25. Subsequent purchases in the plan are a minimum $25. Learn about all of the benefits in DRIP investing with more analysis from Charles Carlson by clicking: http://featuredexpert3bw.zacks.com/ About Zacks Featured Experts To be a successful investor you need professional advice. 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