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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.

Hot Biotech Movers: Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHTP), Insmed Incorporated (NASDAQ:INSM), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD)

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Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHTP) saw a significant decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 30th, there was short interest totalling 8,284,614 shares, a decrease of 15.5% from the May 15th total of 9,799,100 shares. Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Analysts at Roth Capital downgraded shares of…

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Biotech Insider Selling: Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACHN), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD), Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:QCOR), Dyax Corp. (NASDAQ:DYAX), Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN)

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Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ:ACHN) Director Gary E. Frashier unloaded 55,000 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.00, for a total transaction of $440,000.00. Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN) stock performance was -3.07% in last session and…

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Services Sector Losers: Body Central Corp (NASDAQ:BODY), Lightinthebox Holding (NYSE:LITB), Tarena International (NASDAQ:TEDU), AirMedia Group Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:AMCN), QKL Stores Inc (NASDAQ:QKLS)

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Body Central Corp (NASDAQ:BODY) on May 9 announced that it has taken the following measures to reduce compensation expense in fiscal year 2014. On May 8, 2014, the company entered into amendments to its employment agreements with Brian Woolf, its Chief Executive Officer, and Thomas W. Stoltz, its Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and…

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Stock Alert: Rediff.com India (NASDAQ:REDF), OpenTable Inc (NASDAQ:OPEN), Windstream Holdings (NASDAQ:WIN), Intersil Corp (NASDAQ:ISIL), CDW Corp (NASDAQ:CDW)

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Rediff.com Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:REDF) led gainers among American depositary receipts of Asian companies as global markets rose following the European Central Bank’s announcement of a stimulus plan intended to spur bank lending. U.S. markets opened higher after the jobs report showed signs of a strengthening economy.  Rediff.com India Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:REDF) stock performance was 22.71%…

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Basic Material Losers: General Moly (NYSEMKT:GMO), BioFuel Energy Corp. (NASDAQ:BIOF), TGC Industries (NASDAQ:TGE), IKONICS Corporation (NASDAQ:IKNX)

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Shares of General Moly, Inc (NYSE:GMO) saw a large increase in short interest in May. As of May 30th, there was short interest totalling 5,340,858 shares, an increase of 0.3% from the May 15th total of 5,327,381 shares, ARN reports. Approximately 7.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average…

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Hot Watch List: Sony (NYSE:SNE), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), Spanish Broadcasting System (NASDAQ:SBSA), Saga Communications (NYSEMKT:SGA)

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Oculus and Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) are expected to begin selling their devices next year, but content remains scarce. At E3, Playful Corp debuted adventure game “Lucky’s Tale” and CCP Games presented space combat game “Valkyrie.” Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) stock performance was 0.81% in last session and finished the day at $16.22. Traded volume…

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