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.

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Consumer Goods Active Stocks: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Keurig Green Mountain (NASDAQ:GMCR), General Motors (NYSE:GM)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is not interested in number game as far as camera pixel is concerned but will work on improving the quality of images for its upcoming smartphone, reported Apple Inside, citing a source familiar with the matter. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performance was 0.76% in last session and finished the day at $532.87….

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Basic Material Active Stocks: Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), BP (NYSE:BP), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX)

Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), now ramping up aluminum output at the just opened $300 million Davenport Works addition, reminded investors of the company’s global footprint. Alcoa announced that it is investing $13 million to expand its wheel manufacturing plant in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, (Sorry … couldn’t resist.). Alcoa reminded investors that Alcoa is the inventor and global…

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Hot Stocks: Baidu Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), SINA Corp (NASDAQ:SINA), Renren Inc. (NYSE:RENN), Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Stock analysts at Citigroup Inc. hoisted their price objective on shares of Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) from $175.00 to $215.00 in a report issued on Monday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports. Baidu Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) stock performance was -1.93% in last session and finished the day at $157.48. Traded volume was 4.29 million shares in the last session…

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Investor’s Alert: ReneSola (NYSE:SOL), Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW)

ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL) is a front-running brand & a technology provider of solar- photovoltaic products. the company has announced that it will now deliver 66 Replus string- inverters & 100 Micro-Replus micro inverters to the company- Enlightened Solar, as part of its larger-sale of ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL) solar products. Enlightened Solar will also…

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Social Stocks in News: Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR), Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN)

Over decades of advanced technology, there has been one constant: It’s always about the developers. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) showed it again on Thursday, with the announcement that it has created a new software language, called Hack. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was -1.86% in last session and finished the day at $66.97. Traded volume was…

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