Jayne Crisman

Jayne Crisman is a Senior Analyst covering the Communication Services & Technology sector. Prior to joining Tech Insider in 2000, she worked at J.C. Bradford & Co. and Hoak Breedlove Wesneski & Co. covering wireless communications, and at Fidelity Investments before that. She is a five-time winner of the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” analysts survey, including ranking No. 1 in 2012 in the Telecommunications Equipment category.

Tech Runners: EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Network gear company Cisco Systems Inc., cloud computing firm EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) and virtualization giant VMware are closing ranks to offer for the first time a combined channel program that speaks with “one voice” around their VCE converged infrastructure offerings. EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) stock performance was 0.32% in last session and finished the day at…

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Stocks to Watch: Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Visa Inc (NYSE:V), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Chinese video sites, including Baidu Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU)’s IQiyi, have been aggressively buying copyrights to licensed content to win advertisers and paying members as China’s 618 million Web users search for entertainment. Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) stock performance was 1.98% in last session and finished the day at $162.91. Traded volume was 9.47million shares in…

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Gold Stocks To Watch: Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC), Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)

HSBC has modified their ratings on a number of other stocks in the few days. The firm lowered its price target on shares of Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:KGC) from $6.40 to $5.70. Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:KGC) stock performance was 2.20% in last session and finished the day at $4.18. Traded volume was 5.55million…

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Basic Material Insider Buying: Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP), LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB), CAMAC Energy Inc (NYSEMKT:CAK), Oiltanking Partners (NYSE:OILT)

Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP) major shareholder Y Metales S.A. Molibdenos buy 14,650,000 shares from the open market in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $5.00 per share, with a total value of $73,250,000.00. Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP) stock performance was -1.60% in last session and finished…

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Basic Material Insider Selling: Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO), Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS), Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM), PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG)

Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) EVP Brett Lund unloaded 4,717 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $0.81, for a total value of $3,820.77. Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ:GEVO) stock performance was 5.50% in last session and finished the day at…

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Healthcare Bullish Stocks: Zimmer Holdings (NYSE:ZMH), Cesca Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KOOL), Aetna Inc (NYSE:AET), Mallinckrodt (NYSE:MNK)

Zimmer Holdings Inc. (NYSE:ZMH) soared $10.61, or 12 percent, to $102.07 after announcing it would buy the privately held orthopedic device company Biomet for $13.35 billion in cash and stock. Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZMH) stock performance was 11.50% in last session and finished the day at $101.97. Traded volume was 12.39million shares in the last…

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