Author: 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.
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Financial Sector ACtive Runners: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)

With Repsol disposing of the final $190 million of bonds to JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) on May 23, the extra supply spurred the biggest rout in emerging markets as the nation’s dollar notes fell 3 percent last week. Debt due in 2024, which the country issued to pay Repsol, lost 1 cent to 88.14 cents, pushing up yields to 10.8 percent. JPMorgan Chase & … Continue reading Financial Sector ACtive Runners: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)

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Financial Sector Gainers: The St. Joe Company (NYSE:JOE), Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services (NYSEMKT:LTS), Atlas Financial Holdings(NASDAQ:AFH), Citizens (NYSE:CIA), ZipRealty (NASDAQ:ZIPR)

The St. Joe Company (NYSE:JOE)’s shares rose 6% to 22.89 after Raymond James upgraded the real estate landholder and developer, saying its “huge” cash surplus is a good sign for the Fla. company’s plan to build the world’s largest retirement community. The St. Joe Company (NYSE:JOE) stock performance was 6.02% in last session and finished the day at $22.89. Traded volume was 1,789,251 shares in … Continue reading Financial Sector Gainers: The St. Joe Company (NYSE:JOE), Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services (NYSEMKT:LTS), Atlas Financial Holdings(NASDAQ:AFH), Citizens (NYSE:CIA), ZipRealty (NASDAQ:ZIPR)

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Stocks In News: RetailMeNot Inc (NASDAQ:SALE), Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT:LNG), Yandex NV(NASDAQ:YNDX), Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO)

RetailMeNot Inc (NASDAQ:SALE) SVP Jagjit Bath sold 2,500 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.75, for a total transaction of $74,375.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 30,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $892,500. RetailMeNot Inc (NASDAQ:SALE) stock … Continue reading Stocks In News: RetailMeNot Inc (NASDAQ:SALE), Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT:LNG), Yandex NV(NASDAQ:YNDX), Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO)

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Trader’s Alert: Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN), Intercontinentalexchange Group Inc (NYSE:ICE), LiveDeal Inc (NASDAQ:LIVE), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), an electronic payments company based in Atlanta, named Cameron Bready as its CFO, effective June 30. Mr. Bready is CFO at ITC HoldingsITC +0.35% Corp, and will leave that position effective June 20. He will succeed David Mangum, whom Global Payments will promote to chief operating officer on June 30. Mr. Mangum received compensation valued at $2.4 million in 2013, according … Continue reading Trader’s Alert: Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN), Intercontinentalexchange Group Inc (NYSE:ICE), LiveDeal Inc (NASDAQ:LIVE), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)

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Hot Stocks: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)

The Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is close to finalizing an acquisition of video-streaming startup RayV Inc.to boost its web video technology. The paper says that an acquisition would be one of several web-video deals negotiated by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer in recent months to turn Yahoo’s video site, Screen, into a viable competitor to Google Inc. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) stock performance … Continue reading Hot Stocks: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)

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Active Movers At NASDAQ: Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI)

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) and Dimension Data announced on May 20, 2014 at Cisco Live, an expansion of their 23-year relationship with plans to accelerate and streamline hybrid cloud adoption globally. Cisco will use Dimension Data’s Managed Cloud Platform and SaaS solutions to deliver a suite of mid-market centric cloud services to its customers and resellers. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) stock performance was -0.94% in … Continue reading Active Movers At NASDAQ: Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI)

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