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.
Finance

Technology Sector Gainers: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI), Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW), Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG)

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) had an unusual end-of-week gain. It was a move that would have been missed by many investors. Still, this all fits in with the ongoing theme of a turnaround. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) stock performance was 5.90% in last session and finished the day at $3.95. Traded volume was 55.47million shares in the last session and the average … Continue reading Technology Sector Gainers: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI), Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW), Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG)

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Software

Landstar (NASDAQ:LSTR) Provides Encouraging Guidance

In an analyst note published by Matthew Young at Morningstar, he broke down Landstar System Inc’s (NASDAQ:LSTR) encouraging management guidance update.  Management expects Q1 revenues in the $640-690 million range, within the Street consensus of $.59. Some of the other note highlights are included below: Landstar provided an encouraging mid-first-quarter guidance update–freight demand continues to improve, and tightening industry capacity is supporting decent pricing conditions. … Continue reading Landstar (NASDAQ:LSTR) Provides Encouraging Guidance

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Finance

Hot Biotech Gainers: Sangamo Biosciences (NASDAQ:SGMO), CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSEMKT:CVM), Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AGIO), Lpath (NASDAQ:LPTN)

HIV usually infects blood cells through a protein on their surface, a “docking station” called CCR5. A California company, Sangamo BioSciences Inc. (NASDAQ:SGMO), makes a treatment that can knock out a gene that makes CCR5. Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGMO) stock performance was 17.08% in last session and finished the day at $22.96. Traded volume was 11.36 million shares in the last session and the average … Continue reading Hot Biotech Gainers: Sangamo Biosciences (NASDAQ:SGMO), CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSEMKT:CVM), Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AGIO), Lpath (NASDAQ:LPTN)

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Analysis

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) Finds Resistance; Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) Trading Higher

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) shares are trading lower by $0.43 at $71.14 in Thursday’s trading. For the second day in a row, the contract has found resistance just under $72.00. After reaching $71.97 on Wednesday, FB stopped just shy of that level at $71.89 before retreating to $70.98. Facebook (NASDAQ:FB)’s stock on March 6, 2014 was down .73% trading at $71.04 mid afternoon. Its fifty two week … Continue reading Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) Finds Resistance; Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) Trading Higher

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Investor Alerts: PFSweb (NASDAQ:PFSW), TCP Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC), Warren Resources (NASDAQ:WRES), WuXi Pharmatech Cayman Inc. (NYSE:WX)

PFSweb (NASDAQ:PFSW) is higher after the company on Thursday reported better-than-expected financial results for Q4. Shares are up 3.18% at $9.09 in late-morning Thursday trade, near its 52-week high of $9.60. The eCommerce firm reported Q4 non-GAAP earnings of $0.06 per share, compared with the prior-year period’s $0.07 per share. The Capital IQ consensus estimate was for $0.02 per share. PFSweb (NASDAQ:PFSW)’s GAAP loss for … Continue reading Investor Alerts: PFSweb (NASDAQ:PFSW), TCP Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC), Warren Resources (NASDAQ:WRES), WuXi Pharmatech Cayman Inc. (NYSE:WX)

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Analyst Actions

NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) Price Target Upped to $70 by Drexel Hamilton

In a research not issued on Wednesday, Drexel Hamilton increased their price target to $70 for NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI). Highlights from the report include: A broadening economic upturn providing global cyclical lift benefits well-situated NXP (NASDAQ:NXPI), especially in mobiles, autos, security and industrial Customers entering the year with moderate inventories are now faced with establishing buffer stocks that will benefit orders and build backlog Resulting … Continue reading NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) Price Target Upped to $70 by Drexel Hamilton

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