Jason Knox

Jason Knox covers the Software & Services sector. A financial analyst for 20 years, Jason joined Tech Insider in 2006. Previously, he was an analyst with Cleary Gull Inc. and with Blunt, Ellis & Loewi, both in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During his career, Jason has been named in The Wall Street Journal “All-Star Analysts’ Survey,” and highlighted as one of the NASDAQ-StarMine top analysts within the Internet Software & Services industry.

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Stocks Touched New Highs: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC)

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) donated the code of MS-DOS versions 1.1 (released in 1982) and 2.0 (released in 1983), as well the code for Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a (released in 1989). It’s possible to download the code from the museum’s Web site, although there’s still a license agreement to approve first, which allows only noncommercial…

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Services Sector Most Actives: SIRIUS XM Holding (NASDAQ:SIRI), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), Office Depot (NYSE:ODP)

SIRIUS XM Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced that it will launch The Billy Joel Channel, an exclusive channel featuring the works of iconic artist, Billy Joel. SIRIUS XM Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) stock performance was -2.69% in last session and finished the day at $3.26. Traded volume was 135,981,920 million shares in the last session and the…

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Oil & Gas Stocks New Highs: Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN), Abraxas Petroleum (NASDAQ:AXAS), Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK), Petroquest Energy (NYSE:PQ)

Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) stock had its “neutral” rating restated by Zacks in a report released on Thursday, Analyst RN reports. They currently have a $48.00 price target on the stock. Zacks‘s price target would indicate a potential upside of 2.76% from the company’s current price. Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) stock performance was -1.03% in…

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Large Cap New Highs: The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL), Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR), Canadian Natural Resource (NYSE:CNQ), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)

Investors in Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) saw new options become available today, for the May 17th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) options chain for the new May 17th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The Allstate Corporation…

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Biotech Active Runners: Hemispherx BioPharma (NYSEMKT:HEB), Rexahn Pharmaceuticals (NYSEMKT:RNN), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA)

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (NYSE MKT:HEB) participated in the 11th Biennial International Research and Clinical Conference  held in San Francisco, California, USA, March 20-23, 2014. The title of the presentation is “Differential Exercise Responses to Rintatolimod [Ampligen(R)] Exhibited by Patients with Severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)”. This Phase III prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted…

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Gold Miners In News: Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG), Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM), New Gold (NYSEMKT:NGD), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX)

Analysts at Credit Suisse upgraded shares of Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. Separately, analysts at Zacks reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) stock…

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