So bad it's good: Texas Instruments lowered its spending plans.Shares of Texas Instruments (TXN 3.42%), a producer of analog and embedded chips, rallied as much as 4.1% on Wednesday before retreating to a mere 3% gain as of 12:18 p.m. ET. Still, that was a much more substantial gain than the general semiconductor sector, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX 1.45%) only up about 0.7% at that time.Texas Instruments gave a midyear update on its long-term spending plans on Tuesday, which is something the co ...