05/03
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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 Active Movers: Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Merck (NYSE:MRK), Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:VRX), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX)

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Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) was one of the Nasdaq’s most active movers, jumping 23 per cent to $3.20 on heavy volume after the US Food and Drug Administration lifted a partial clinical hold on a study testing its blood cancer drug. Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) stock performance was 21.15% in last session and finished the day at…

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Tech Movers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)

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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is expanding the internal user profiles that underpin its targeted advertising system, for the first time including personal information based on activities that did not occur within the boundaries of its social network. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was -2.27% in last session and finished the day at $64.29. Traded volume was…

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Services Sector Active stocks: Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE:HTZ), Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFM)

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Pandora Media Inc.  (NYSE:P) has another competitor now that Amazon (AMZN_) has launched its own free music streaming service.  The online market place is offering its Prime Music service to customers already subscribed to Amazon Prime.  The company has a library of 1 million songs, while Pandora is close with just about 900,000 songs in…

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NASDAQ Movers: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL), Galena Biopharma (NASDAQ:GALE), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)

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Search and media site Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO)  gains modestly Wednesday as its partner, China’s Alibaba Group, rolls out a beta version of a U.S. e-commerce site, Reuters reported. YHOO holds a significant stake in Alibaba, valued recently at about $26 billion.  Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) stock performance was 0.55% in last session and finished the day at…

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STock Alert: Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS), Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI)

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Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) is set to report FQ1 2014 earnings before the market opens on Thursday, June 12th. Lululemon is a retailer of upscale yoga inspired sportswear. After a few years checkered with bad PR, Lululemon is starting to settle in again under new CEO Laurent Potdevin who took the helm in January. This quarter,…

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Tech Movers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)

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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) CTO Michael Todd Schroepfer sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.53, for a total value of $1,270,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer now directly owns 182,485…

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