Investors have had to deal with some tough times lately, and even the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) hasn't been immune to the forces acting on the stock market. On Wednesday morning, however, the Dow briefly saw a bit of a bounce, opening slightly higher after dealing with steep declines in recent days. Yet even the early gains seemed tenuous.

The 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrials are among the largest in the world, and you can find several tech stocks within the Dow. Two of those stocks made news on Wednesday morning, as Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced a restructuring, while Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) got some downbeat comments from stock analysts. Here's what you need to know.

Shares of Intel were up about 1% early Wednesday. The semiconductor pioneer said late Tuesday that it would look to separate one of its business units from the rest of the company, with the intent of eventually creating a new publicly traded stock for those interested in the unit.

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