Chris Lewis

Chris Lewis is Tech Insider's Senior Equity Research analyst covering Internet and Interactive Entertainment. Prior to joining TI in 2011, Chris spent six years at Baird Capital having established the company’s Internet and Video Game research practice. Prior to Wall Street, Chris was a business analyst developing software at Chubb Corporation, and was a co-founder and CFO of Latin American career services website Detacuche.com. Chris appears frequently in the financial and industry press, including CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times, among others.

Today’s Stocks : Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE:RATE), Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC), Lehigh Gas Partners LP (NYSE:LGP), Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD), The Container Store Group (NYSE:TCS)

Bankrate Inc. (NYSE:RATE), which runs websites comparing personal finance packages, said US regulators were investigating its financial reporting during 2012 and that its chief financial officer of eight years had resigned, effective immediately. Bankrate’s shares fell as much as 23 percent to a 20-month low after the company said the US Securities and Exchange Commission…

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Investors Watch List: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (NYSE:SSNI), Collectors Universe Inc. (NASDAQ:CLCT)

Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR)’s head of news, Vivian Schiller, said she is stepping down, the latest in a string of departures from the company’s executive team. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is -87.60% and weekly performance is 10.71%. On last trading day company shares ended up $55.42. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)…

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Traders Are Watching: Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), Lloyds Banking Group plc (NYSE:LYG), Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD), Foresight Energy LP (NYSE:FELP), PrivateBancorp (NASDAQ:PVTB)

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) has earned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the thirty analysts that are covering the company, Stock Ratings News reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) belongs…

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Today’s Watch List : eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY), The Home Depot (NYSE:HD), Timberline Resources (NYSEMKT:TLR), National Penn Bancshares (NASDAQ:NPBC), Biocept, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIOC)

EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) said on 30 September that it would separate its PayPal digital-payments unit and marketplace business into two companies by the end of next year. Earlier this week, Hewlett-Packard Co. said it would hive off the personal computer (PC) and printers businesses into one entity and carve the corporate hardware and services businesses…

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Active Stocks to Watch : Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICEL), Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP (NASDAQ:CLMT), Ingredion (NYSE:INGR), WM

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) announced on Tuesday the Oracle Big Data Discovery, a tool it bills as a visual interface to Hadoop. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 28.40% and weekly performance is -0.15%. On last trading day company shares ended up $38.89. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) distance from 50-day simple…

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Investors Watch List : Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS), SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB), AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T), Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE:MOD)

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) said on Tuesday that it would pay $1.75 billion in cash for Alios BioPharma, a private biotechnology company that is working on treatments for viral diseases. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its net profit margin is 21.20% and weekly performance is -3.03%. On last trading day company shares…

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