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.

Worth Watching Stocks : La Jolla Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:LJPC), Corcept (NASDAQ:CORT), Grupo Aeroportuario (NASDAQ:OMAB), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Elephant Talk Communications (NYSEMKT:ETAK)

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ:LJPC) (the “Company” or “La Jolla”) a leader in the development of therapeutics targeting significant unmet life-threatening diseases today announced that George Tidmarsh M.D. Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer will provide a corporate overview at the 2014 Wedbush Securities Life Sciences Conference taking place August 12-13 in New York City….

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Eye Catching Stocks: Straight Path Communications (NYSEMKT:STRP), Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE:KWK), China Metro-Rural (NYSEMKT:CNR), Teradyne Inc. (NYSE:TER), First Acceptance (NYSE:FAC)

Straight Path Communications Inc. (NYSEMKT:STRP) belongs to Technology sector. Its net weekly performance is -7.87%. On last trading day company shares ended up $8.90. Straight Path Communications Inc. (NYSEMKT: STRP) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -8.85%. On 28 JULY Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE:KWK) applied to federal regulators for permission to export 20…

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Hot Stock List : Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS), Mylan (NASDAQ:MYL), Unit Corporation (NYSE:UNT), Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL), MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX)

Stratasys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SSYS) reported Q2 EPS of $0.55, $0.10 better than the analyst estimate of $0.45. Revenue for the quarter came in at $178.5 million versus the consensus estimate of $156.6 million. Sees FY2014 EPS of $2.25 – $2.35, versus prior guidance of $2.15 – $2.25 and the consensus of $2.20. Stratasys sees FY14 revenue…

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Watch List : Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), Walgreen (NYSE:WAG), Castle Brands (NYSEMKT:ROX), Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE:BAS), Burger King Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:BKW)

Medtronic Inc (NYSE:MDT) has launched its new cardiac resynchronisation therapy-pacemaker, Viva CRT-P in India which received the CE (Conformité Européenne) mark in May this year. The Viva CRT-P includes the Medtronic-exclusive AdaptivCRT software, which is the only algorithm demonstrated to improve heart failure patients’ response to the therapy and reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation…

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Top Stories : SouFun Holdings (NYSE:SFUN), Intrexon (NYSE:XON), DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), Protective Life (NYSE:PL), Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY)

SouFun Holdings (NASDAQ:SFUN) was the target of unusually large options trading on Wednesday. Investors acquired 8,543 put options on the stock, American Banking News.com reports. This is an increase of 156% compared to the typical volume of 3,343 put options. Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Analysts at T.H. Capital cut their price…

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Trending Tickers : Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL), ZOOM Technologies (NASDAQ:ZOOM), uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE), Realty Income Corporation (NYSE:O), Interval Leisure (NASDAQ:IILG)

Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE:XEL) says it plans to significantly increase safety-related investments in its Minnesota natural gas service region. The utility said in a recent regulatory filing that it intends to spend $15 million in 2015 on pipeline safety improvements, about a twofold increase over past levels. In future years, the company envisions even larger…

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