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.

Top Stories – Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), General Electric (NYSE:GE) , Casella Waste (NASDAQ:CWST) , Nymox Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:NYMX) , Rayonier (NYSE:RYN)

General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is touting an improved natural gas fuel cell that it hopes one day will provide low-cost electricity to commercial and industrial plants, as well as allow for targeted boosts to electrical grids without the need for costly large power plants and added transmission lines. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) stock performance was…

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Momentum Stocks – Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) , Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) , GFI , Nova Lifestyle Inc (NASDAQ:NVFY) , MGIC Investment. (NYSE:MTG)

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently declared a quarterly dividend, which is scheduled for Thursday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 19th….

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Watch List – AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) , Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD) , Mobile Mini (NASDAQ:MINI) , InvenSense (NYSE:INVN) , MeetMe (NASDAQ:MEET)

AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T) is slated to report its second-quarter 2014 financial results on Jul 23, after the market closes. In the last reported quarter, the company had delivered a 1.43% earnings surprise. Let’s see how things are shaping up prior to this announcement. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) stock performance was -0.58% in last session and finished…

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Stocks in News – Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) , Enventis (NASDAQ:ENVE) , Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) , B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS)

Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)’s grand Android experiment is over. In addition to thousands of former Nokia employees being let go from Microsoft this week, so too is Google’s operating system. Microsoft will surely keep developing its own apps and services for Android phones but it won’t be making the phones themselves. Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)…

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Eye Catching Stocks – Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) , Barclays (NYSE:BCS) , AGCO, NetSuite (NYSE:N) , Vishay Precision (NYSE:VPG)

Investment analysts at Nomura set a $33.00 price objective on shares of Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) stock in a note issued to investors on Thursday. Nomura’s target price would indicate a potential downside of 13.48% from the company’s current price. Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) stock performance was 1.29% in last session and finished the day…

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Top Stories – MannKind (NASDAQ:MNKD) , Mylan (NASDAQ:MYL) , Gladstone (NASDAQ:GAIN) , FalconStor Software (NASDAQ:FALC) , THT Heat Transfer Technology (NASDAQ:THTI)

MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD)’s VP David Thomson sold 30,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.42, for a total value of $282,600.00. MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) stock performance was 5.49% in last session and finished the…

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