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Mark Doerr

Mark Doerr is a principal and senior research analyst at Tech Insider covering medical technology companies with a focus on cardiovascular and related therapeutic technology. Mark leverages his prior experience as the director of marketing and business development at a medical device company, along with an extensive network of physician and industry relationships, to provide a unique perspective on the medtech sector. Prior to joining Tech Insider in 2011 he covered medical technology for four years at Craig-Hallum Capital, and has in total 20 years of financial and medtech industry experience.

Basic Material Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)

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Initially reported as a discovery in February 2013, Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) has confirmed that its 1-SPS-98 (1-BRSA-1063-SPS) well, the first to be drilled on Block BM-S-50 offshore Brazil, has tested carbonate reservoirs with good permeability. The block, informally known as Sagitario, is in Brazil’s ultradeepwater Santos basin presalt region 194 km…

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New Lows: ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQL), AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVEO), Tetralogic Pharmaceuticals Corp (NASDAQ:TLOG), TrovaGene Inc (NASDAQ:TROV)

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ArQule, Inc (NASDAQ:ARQL) CEO Paolo Pucci purchased 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 20th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $1.42 per share, with a total value of $7,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 232,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued…

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Volatile Stocks At NASDAQ: NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL), ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISIS), YY Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:YY), Galena Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:GALE)

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NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL) dropped off Thursday after shares of the shipping company had soared for three consecutive days. The company announced on Monday it had received deliver of NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL) Albion, an eco-type handysize vessel with a capacity of 32,318 dwt. Shares promptly exploded 305.2% on Monday and continued to rise Tuesdya…

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NASDAQ New Lows; The Wet Seal (NASDAQ:WTSL), MoSys Inc. (NASDAQ:MOSY), MELA Sciences (NASDAQ:MELA), Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (NASDAQ:BGFV)

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The Wet Seal, Inc (NASDAQ:WTSL) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the eight brokerages that are currently covering the company, American Banking News.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned…

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Semiconductor Memory Chips: SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ:LEDS), Integrated Silicon Solution (NASDAQ:ISSI), Spansion Inc. (NYSE:CODE), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Netlist (NASDAQ:NLST)

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SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ:LEDS)’s CEO Trung Doan acquired 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 8th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $1.02 per share, with a total value of $20,400.00. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,079,555 shares of the company’s…

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Stocks To Watch: Unilever (NYSE:UN), Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE:NVS), Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL), ICICI Bank Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:IBN)

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Recently, video ads were placed on the social networking giant Facebook (FB) by Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN) promoting its Dove soap product. These ads are unique as they are the first video ads on Facebook posted by any consumer goods company. This will be acid test for the success of such video ads, because ads…

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