Colin Pettis

Colin Pettis covers the senior semiconductor sector and is a managing director at Tech Insider, joining in 2012. Colin has 20 years of experience in equity research including 15 years in semiconductor components. Colin is currently responsible for the coverage of 18 large-cap and small-cap semiconductor companies.

Volatile Stocks: Prosensa Holding (NASDAQ:RNA), 22nd Century Group Inc (NYSEMKT:XXII), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY), AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVEO), ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIOP)

Prosensa Holding NV (NASDAQ:RNA) was upgraded by stock analysts at KBC Securities from a “hold” rating to an “accumulate” rating in a report issued on Wednesday. The firm currently has a $11.00 price objective on the stock, up from their previous price objective of $7.00. KBC Securities’ target price would indicate a potential upside of…

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Services Sector Most ACtive Stocks: Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), NewLead Holdings (NASDAQ:NEWL), eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY), AAL

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), the Camp Hill drug store chain, hired Matt Lynch as senior vice president and chief information officer. He had been senior vice president and chief information officer for Dick’s Sporting Goods. Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) stock performance was -1.91% in last session and finished the day at $7.72. Traded volume was…

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Tech Losers: Rally Software Development Corp (NYSE:RALY), Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI), Finjan Holdings (NASDAQ:FNJN), ANADIGICS (NASDAQ:ANAD), SeaChange International (NASDAQ:SEAC)

Shares of Boulder-based Rally Software Development Corp. (NYSE:RALY) sunk by more than 20 percent in after-hours trading after the software services firm’s first-quarter revenue was below expectations. During the quarter that ended on April 30, Rally’s first quarter of its 2015 fiscal year, Rally lost $8.48 million, or 34 cents per share, on revenue of…

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Active Movers: Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ:ARMH), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

The Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) X is the result of the tech giant’s attempts to make an Android phone, and they surely managed to pull it off. The phone is reasonable, but not outstanding, and it satisfies you to a large extent. The Motorola Moto G is more expensive than the Nokia X, but it’s…

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Stock Alert: Qihoo 360 Technology (NYSE:QIHU), Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ALDX), Broadway Financial (NASDAQ:BYFC), Astea International Inc. (NASDAQ:ATEA), Euro Tech Holdings (NASDAQ:CLWT)

Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) has made some solid progress in the Chinese internet industry. And now it is giving tough competition to its peers such as Baidu. In fact, it has been able to take some of its market share and is now competing with Tencent in the gaming market as well. Qihoo…

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Auto stocks in news: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM), Honda (NYSE:HMC)

Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is moving ahead with plans to open a service center and showroom for its electric cars on Route 17 in Paramus, even as the state Legislature continues to debate Tesla’s right to sell cars in New Jersey. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock performance was 1.43% in last session and finished the…

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