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.

Investors Are Eying: Mobile Telesystems OJSC (NYSE:MBT), TASER International Inc. (NASDAQ:TASR), SeaChange International Inc. (NASDAQ:SEAC), The Spectranetics Corporation (NASDAQ:SPNC), Actuant Corporation (NYSE:ATU)

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (NYSE:MBT) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the nine analysts that are covering the company, American Banking & Market News reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company….

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Top News: NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI), VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), E. I. du Pont de Nemours (NYSE:DD), Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM), HEALTHSOUTH (NYSE:HLS)

NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI) was the target of a large decline in short interest during the month of November. As of November 28th, there was short interest totalling 3,134,720 shares, a decline of 36.7% from the November 14th total of 4,953,062 shares, American Banking and Market News reports. NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI) belongs to Technology…

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Keep Eyes on: Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LLL), MGP Ingredients Inc. (NASDAQ:MGPI), Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX)

BB&T Corp. upgraded shares of Office Depot (NYSE:ODP) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report released on Tuesday. BB&T Corp. currently has $11.00 price objective on the stock. Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is -2.60% and weekly performance is 11.27%. On last trading day…

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Investors Should Watch: Array BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARRY), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ:TECD), Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR), LDR Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:LDRH)

On Dec 12, Oncothyreon Inc. announced that Array BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARRY) has granted Oncothyreon an exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize ONT-380 (ARRY-380), an orally active, reversible and selective small molecule HER2 inhibitor. The license agreement replaces the prior Development and Collaboration Agreement under which Oncothyreon and Array were jointly developing ONT-380. Array BioPharma,…

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Keep Eyes on: Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE:APO), Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:TEG), McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD)

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is the latest big company to enter the post-Snowden market for secure communication, and it’s doing so with an encryption standard that comes with a way for law enforcement to access ostensibly secure phone conversations. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 13.50% and weekly…

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Watch 5 Stocks: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Altera Corp. (NASDAQ:ALTR), SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI), Vector Group Ltd. (NYSE:VGR), Waste Connections Inc. (NYSE:WCN)

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is hoping a new location in Montreal will help it increase the number of its all-electric vehicles on our roads. The 45,000 square foot dealership on Ferrier St., officially inaugurated last week, replaces a much smaller location in Laval that was kind of a Band-Aid solution for the market, Tesla Motors…

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