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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Tech Stocks in the News: Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL), Google, Inc.(NASDAQ:GOOGL)

Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) is offering a program to replace faulty iPhone 5 sleep/wake buttons free of charge, the Wall Street Journal reports. The program is being offered for iPhone 5 handsets built before April 2013. Analysts have a consensus price target of $593 on Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) which indicates a 14% upside. The consensus rating of the stock…

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AstraZeneca plc (ADR)(NYSE:AZN) Shares Soar Pre-Market

Shares of AstraZeneca plc (ADR)(NYSE:AZN) reached a new high in pre-market trading as Pfizer Inc.(NYSE:PFE) confirmed it has attempted to renew negotiations on a possible merger. Pfizer submitted a preliminary indication of interest to the board of directors of AstraZeneca in January 2014 regarding the possible merger. AstraZeneca declined to pursue negotiations at that time, but…

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NASDAQ recent Insider Selling: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) COO Sheryl Sandberg unloaded 283,334 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.87, for a total transaction of $17,813,208.58. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was -0.80% in last session and finished the day at $60.87….

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NASDAQ Losers: Sodastream International (NASDAQ:SODA), Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AGIO), Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ:PENN), Susquehanna Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:SUSQ)

SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ:SODA) jumped again on Wednesday, this time by almost 11% on news that coffee giant, Starbucks Corporation (SBUX – Analyst Report) was in “advanced talks” to buy a 10% stake in the company. Sodastream International Ltd (NASDAQ:SODA) stock performance was -5.07% in last session and finished the day at $42.49. Traded volume…

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