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Kristen Barton

Kristen Barton is a managing director and co-director of investment research. Kristen is also a senior research analyst focusing on agriculture & biotech companies. Prior to joining Tech Insider in 2010, Barton worked in equity research at RBC Capital Markets in Minneapolis, MN and Edward Jones in St. Louis, Mo. She was recognized for her stock picking in the 2012 Wall Street Journal "Best on the Street" publication.

Best Stocks: Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX), Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ:MPEL), Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE:BKD), Unitil Corp. (NYSE:UTL), Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII)

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Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX)’s cost-cutting may not be helping the company. For example, at Goldstrike (a large mine in Nevada), all-in sustaining costs decreased from $1,226 to $886 year over year. But that’s because Barrick focused on mining much higher-grade ore. The company also cut sustaining capital expenditures by 15%. Such a strategy is not…

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News Buzz : Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW), Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), NICE Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:NICE), Alico Inc. (NASDAQ:ALCO), Sasol Ltd. (NYSE:SSL)

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On SEP 1, Corning Inc (NYSE:GLW) EVP Clark S. Kinlin sold 19,137 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.57, for a total value of $393,648.09. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 49,431 shares in the…

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Hot Watch List : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC), Symmetry Medical (NYSE:SMA), HB Fuller (NYSE:FUL), Sequenom (NASDAQ:SQNM)

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A number of analysts have recently weighed in on Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) shares. Analysts at Zacks downgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. They now have a $4.25 price target on the stock. Advanced Micro Devices,…

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5 Stocks Under Wall Street’s Radar: Control4 (NASDAQ:CTRL), Paycom (NYSE:PAYC), Flagstar Bancorp (NYSE:FBC), Masonite International (NYSE:DOOR), IRSA Investments (NYSE:IRS)

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Control4 Corp (NASDAQ:CTRL) SVP James B. Arnold sold 13,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.22, for a total transaction of $197,860.00. Control4 Corporation (NASDAQ:CTRL) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 4.00% and…

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Trending Stocks : Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), First Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ:FBMS), Otelco Inc. (NASDAQ:OTEL), Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. (NASDAQ:PSUN)

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Home Depot said it has hired computer security firms Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) and Fishnet Security to help it investigate a possible breach of credit and debit card data. Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 14.60% and weekly performance is -0.12%. On last trading day company shares ended up $24.29….

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Stocks in Focus : Arrowhead Research (NASDAQ:ARWR), Sonus Networks (NASDAQ:SONS), RGC (NASDAQ:RGCO), American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE:AEP), American Science (NASDAQ:ASEI)

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Arrowhead Research Corp. (NASDAQ:ARWR) on Aug. 12 announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended June 30, 2014 and provided an update on the Phase 2a study of ARC-520, its RNAi-based candidate for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection. Net loss attributable to Arrowhead for the quarter was $11.6 million, or $0.22…

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