Kevin Long

Tech Stocks New Highs: Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

David J. Aldrich, the CEO of Woburn-based semiconductor company Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) and one of the state’s highest compensated CEOs in recent years, reaped over $1.6 million after exercising stock options earlier this month. Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) stock performance was 39.33% in last session and finished the day at $39.27. Traded volume was…

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Tech Bearish Stocks: 58.com (NYSE:WUBA), Perfect World Co (NASDAQ:PWRD), Digital Power Corporation (NYSEMKT:DPW), Criteo SA (ADR) (NASDAQ:CRTO)

Analysts believes that the IPOs of online marketplace 58.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:WUBA) and travel-booking site Qunar in the second half of 2013 opened the door for another round of US stock offerings by Chinese Internet companies. 58.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:WUBA) stock performance was 48.68% in last session and finished the day at $46.29. Traded volume…

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Biotech Losers: Agenus Inc (NASDAQ:AGEN), La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ:LJPC), Durata Therapeutics (NASDAQ:DRTX), Galmed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:GLMD)

Shares of Agenus Inc (NASDAQ:AGEN) , a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel immunotherapies to treat cancer and a number of other unmet diseases, tumbled by as much as 22% after partner GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ) announced that its phase 3 MAGE-A3 cancer immunotherapeutic trial in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients didn’t meet its…

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Mid Cap Active Stocks: First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ:GTAT)

Shares of First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) saw unusually large options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock investors acquired 103,436 call options on the company, Stock Ratings Networkreports. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) stock performance was 20.57% in last session and finished the day at $69.40. Traded volume was 30,814,904 million shares in the last session and the average…

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Gainers On Major News: First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), ProShares UltraShort (NYSEARCA:TBT)

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), the largest U.S. solar-panel maker, is boosting its efforts to install systems at industrial sites and warehouses as utilities demand smaller solar farms. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) stock performance was 20.57% in last session and finished the day at $69.40. Traded volume was 30.88 million shares in the last session and…

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Tech Active Stocks: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)

Since Mayer became chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) in July 2012, she’s focused on acquisitions of small companies, with the exception of Tumblr Inc. for $1.1 billion last year. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) stock performance was -2.13% in last session and finished the day at $38.61. Traded volume was 19.21million shares in the last…

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