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.

Healthcare Unusual Volume: Palatin Technologies (NYSEMKT:PTN), AVEO Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVEO), Aastrom Biosciences (NASDAQ:ASTM), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MACK)

Palatin Technologies (NYSE:PTN) major shareholder Bvf Partners L. P/Il sold 540,181 shares of Palatin Technologies stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1.14, for a total transaction of $615,806.34. Palatin Technologies, Inc. (NYSEMKT:PTN) stock performance was 17.07% in last session and finished the day at…

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Biotech Losers: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN), Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLDX), Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX), Biogen Idec Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB)

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN) and AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) are among those companies with late stage drugs in trials that specifically target genetic mutations. Both BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN)’s BMN-673, which is in phase 3 trials, and Astra’s Olaparib, which may get the EU’s go-ahead in ovarian cancer this year, address a mutation of the BRCA 1…

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Aerospace Stocks: Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), Gencorp Inc (NYSE:GY), Micronet Enertec Technologies (NASDAQ:MICT)

Cessna Aircraft Company, part of the Textron Aviation segment of Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT), announced today a new aircraft to add to the company’s popular line of Cessna CJ-series jets. The new CJ3+ from Cessna includes a state-of-the-art fully integrated Garmin G3000™ avionics suite, all-new interiors with a redesigned cabin and cockpit, new pressurization, and new…

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Hot Movers: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S)

BlackBerry Inc (NASDAQ:BBRY) is really hitting hard in the MDM (Mobile Device Management) space recently as they try to win back a market they left fallow for a few years. Their executives have been making some pretty bold claims on how BlackBerry remains the largest MDM by a large margin even if most of those…

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Chip Stocks in News: Advanced Micro Devices(NYSE:AMD), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ:ARMH)

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) yesterday announced the appointment of Nora Denzel and Mike Inglis to its board of directors, effective March 19th, 2014. AMD also announced that current AMD board director H. Paulett Eberhart has decided not to stand for re-election at AMD’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) stock…

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Overbought Stocks: Schawk Inc. (NYSE:SGK), FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE:FF), Oculus Innovative Sciences (NASDAQ:OCLS), U.S. Geothermal Inc. (NYSEMKT:HTM)

Levi & Korsinsky commences investigation the Board of Directors of Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), marketed as SGK, for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the sale of the Company to Matthews International Corp. (“Matthews”) (Nasdaq: MATW). Schawk Inc. (NYSE:SGK) stock performance was 0.55% in last session and…

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