05/16
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Jason Knox

Jason Knox covers the Software & Services sector. A financial analyst for 20 years, Jason joined Tech Insider in 2006. Previously, he was an analyst with Cleary Gull Inc. and with Blunt, Ellis & Loewi, both in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During his career, Jason has been named in The Wall Street Journal “All-Star Analysts’ Survey,” and highlighted as one of the NASDAQ-StarMine top analysts within the Internet Software & Services industry.

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Investor’s Alert; Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS), News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)

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Feeding the hysteria are the bankruptcy two years ago of Borders, the national bookstore chain, and recent speculation that Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) will accelerate its bookstore closings in coming years. Some have even suggested the demise of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is so imminent that gift cards should be used immediately upon…

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Top Losers: Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S), World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE:WWE), Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ), E Commerce China Dangdang (NYSE:DANG), MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET)

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Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) announced today that it and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into a facility agreement of up to $1.3 billion with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as administrative agent, based on the securitization of its wireless service accounts receivable. Other banks involved in the facility are The Bank of Nova Scotia,…

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Internet Most Active Stocks: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN)

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Tech stocks have been facing increased scrutiny in recent times, with investors punishing momentum stocks like Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA), and Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) due to their high valuations. The debate has been centered on, as these things usually are, about whether or not a bubble is forming in the tech space….

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Notable Stocks: LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP), National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays (NYSE:BCS)

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Equities researchers at Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) from $240.00 to $175.00 in a research report issued on Monday, Analyst Ratings News reports. Stifel Nicolaus’ price target would suggest a potential upside of 18.51% from the company’s current price. LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) stock performance was -1.43% in last…

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Basic Material Active Stocks: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK)

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Chemical makers Bayer AG (BAYN), Syngenta AG (SYNN) and Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) say neonicotinoids aren’t to blame for the bee deaths and have stepped up their own lobbying to counter calls for a ban as well as legislation now in Congress. Eliminating the products will do little for bees and force farmers and gardeners…

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Industrial Goods Losers: Highpower International Inc (NASDAQ:HPJ), Vertex Energy Inc (NASDAQ:VTNR), CUI Global Inc (NASDAQ:CUI), Dixie Group Inc (NASDAQ:DXYN)

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Highpower International Inc (NASDAQ:HPJ), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of lithium and nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable batteries, and a battery management systems and battery recycling provider, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Net loss attributable to the Company for the first quarter of 2014 was $0.9 million, or $0.07…

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