Author: Richard Atkins

Richard Atkins is a senior contributor at Tech Insider covering online media, online travel, and video games. Richard has been with Tech Insider covering companies in these industries since 2011 and has authored numerous industry reports, including "Internet Video: Field of Dreams or Nightmare on Elm Street," "The Next Leg of Online Travel," and "Pwned: How Casual Games Changed The Gaming Landscape." Atkins was recognized as the No. 2 stock picker and earnings estimator in the 2011 Financial Times / StarMine Internet & Catalog Retail category and was ranked in the 2010 Wall Street Journal "Best On The Street" for the Leisure Goods & Services category.
Finance

Consumer Goods Most Active: General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Avon Products (NYSE:AVP)

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) revealed on Thursday it is the subject of five different government probes related to its massive recalls, including two previously unreported investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a state prosecutor. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) stock performance was -0.64% in last session and finished the day at $34.17. Traded volume was 33.35million shares in the last session and the … Continue reading Consumer Goods Most Active: General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Avon Products (NYSE:AVP)

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Finance

Healthcare Losers: Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA), ERBA Diagnostics Inc (NYSEMKT:ERB), Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:ATNM), Concert Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNCE)

Cara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CARA) — which has a preclinical cannabis compound — jumped 11.58%. The company is clearly running (smoke) rings around the competition and has the most appropriately named spokeswoman on Earth should it wish to employ the English supermodel as a mouthpiece. Cara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CARA) stock performance was -7.49% in last session and finished the day at $14.20. Traded volume was 123,773.00million … Continue reading Healthcare Losers: Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA), ERBA Diagnostics Inc (NYSEMKT:ERB), Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:ATNM), Concert Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNCE)

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Watch Collected By The First Batch of customers

Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) has finally started handed their customers with Apple Watch. The wait for the watch has certainly been long and painful for the Apple faithful. The delivery of first Apple Watch took place on Friday. The Watch was handed over to the customers who had ordered the product on line. There has been some confusion about the availability of the product, but the … Continue reading Stock in News: Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Watch Collected By The First Batch of customers

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Finance, Internet

Headline News: Is Buying Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR) Good For Google (NASDAQ GOOG)

Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR) has had a good past couple of months. The micro bloging site has seen its stock rise due to various prominent reasons. After posting a strong quarterly report, Twitter was also linked with rumours of a Google takeover. The stock market definitely took the news well, with the stock recording a relative peak during the earlier part of this month. There are … Continue reading Headline News: Is Buying Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR) Good For Google (NASDAQ GOOG)

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Finance, Mobile

Stock News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Doing Well in the Market

Facebook (NASDAQ FB) remains the world’s largest social networking site by a distance. The social networking site is doing wonders in the market. It is also scheduled to release its earnings report this coming week. There have been a lot of estimates about the earnings going around in the market and therefore we will closely look at what we can expect from the NASDAQ FB … Continue reading Stock News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Doing Well in the Market

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Tracking Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Stock Movement

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) stock has recently seen a bit of correction in its levels. After seeing a high of around $50, Microsoft stock has come down a bit to the levels of $44. This correction was rather expected after the stock had continually grown for around 3 months. Microsoft might be looking towards much brighter times, something which is further explained in the following article. … Continue reading Stock in News: Tracking Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Stock Movement

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