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.

NYSE bullish Stocks: Rio Alto Mining Ltd (NYSE:RIOM), JGWPT Holdings Inc (NYSE:JGW), CIBER, Inc. (NYSE:CBR), ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL)

Canada’s Rio Alto Mining Ltd (NYSE:RIOM) said on Wednesday it would buy Sulliden Gold Corp Ltd  for about C$300 million ($275 million) in an all-stock deal to create a Peru-focused gold miner. After the announcement Rio Alto Mining Ltd (NYSE:RIOM)’s stock fell on concerns the price it was paying was steep. The friendly takeover will…

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Biotech decliners: Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ALDX), Uniqure NV (NASDAQ:QURE), Regulus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RGLS), Genetic Technologies Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:GENE)

Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ALDX) Director C. Boyd Clarke purchased 12,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 7th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $8.00 per share, with a total value of $100,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 12,500 shares in the company, valued at approximately…

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Tech Insider Selling: EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), RF Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ:MXIM), Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA)

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) Chairman Arthur W. Coviello, Jr. sold 131,690 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.15, for a total transaction of $3,443,693.50. Following the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 382,410 shares of the company’s stock, valued…

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Tech Insider Buying: Liquid Holdings Group Inc (NASDAQ:LIQD), KEYW Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:KEYW), Micrel, Incorporated (NASDAQ:MCRL), Orion Energy Systems (NYSEMKT:OESX)

Liquid Holdings Group (NASDAQ:LIQD) major shareholder Allmen Douglas J. Von purchased 6,400,000 shares of Liquid Holdings Group stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 15th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $1.25 per share, with a total value of $8,000,000.00. Liquid Holdings Group Inc (NASDAQ:LIQD) stock performance was 39.84% in last session…

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Volatile Stocks: FireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE), Sify Technologies Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:SIFY), Westell Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTL), Overland Storage Inc (NASDAQ:OVRL)

FireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE), on May 20, 2014 released the report “Cybersecurity’s Maginot Line: A Real-world Assessment of the Defense-in-Depth Model.” A first-of-its-kind study, the report examines attack data captured by FireEye security appliances from 1,217 organizations around the world. These organizations were testing, but were not yet protected by, the FireEye platform from October 2013…

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Stocks To Watch: Alcatel Lucent (NYSE:ALU), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), MRV Communications (NASDAQ:MRVC), Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL)

Alcatel-Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) has announced it has initiated a litigation claiming patent infringement in Federal Court in the District of Delaware against Sophos and its subsidiary Cyberoam. Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) stock performance was 1.05% in last session and finished the day at $3.86. Traded volume was 10.99million shares in the last session…

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