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.

Stocks Moving on Analyst Actions: Jive Software (NASDAQ:JIVE), Alliant Energy (NYSE:LNT), American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO)

Jive Software (NASDAQ:JIVE) was initiated with a Buy at B. Riley setting their target price at $17. Jive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:JIVE) provides a social business software platform. The Company is focused on unlocking the power of the enterprise social graph, which is the extended social network of an enterprise, encompassing relationships among its employees, customers…

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Court Decision Halts Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Trading; RAD, RTIX, SCTY

Pzifer(NYSE:PFE)’s stock was halted in afternoon trade following the announcement that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted summary judgment invalidating the reissue patent (U.S. Patent No. RE44,048), covering methods of treating osteoarthritis and other approved conditions with celecoxib, the active ingredient in Celebrex®. Pfizer (PFE) disagrees with the ruling and will…

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Biotech Most Volatile: Marina Biotech (OTCMKTS:MRNA), Onconova Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ONTX), OXiGENE Inc (NASDAQ:OXGN), Oragenics Inc (NYSEMKT:OGEN)

Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCMKTS:MRNA) illustrated a similar run of events, as it reinvigorated its PR activity in the new year and shot upwards as it received a patent protection for one of its therapies. MRNA is back at $1.38, after it slumped for a while following a temporary peak at $1.70. Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCMKTS:MRNA)…

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Diversified Computer Systems: Cray Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAY), Diebold Inc (NYSE:DBD), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Silicon Graphics International (NASDAQ:SGI)

Cray Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAY) has doubled down on Chippewa Falls, and a tangible sign of that is now on display just off Seymour Cray Sr. Boulevard. Cray Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAY) stock performance was 0.75% in last session and finished the day at $37.47. Traded volume was 447,301 million shares in the last session and the average volume…

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After Market Losers: Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN), Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR), Walter Energy (NYSE:WLT), Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:VIPS)

Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) is lower in late trading after the company reported mixed financial results for Q4. Shares are down 0.57% at $14.02, with a 52-week range of $12.77 – $15.51. The closed-end, non-diversified management investment company reported Q4 net investment income of $0.35 per share, compared with the prior-year period’s $0.36 per share….

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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…

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