Author: Richard Atkins

Richard Atkins is a senior contributor at Tech Insider covering online media, online travel, and video games. Richard has been with Tech Insider covering companies in these industries since 2011 and has authored numerous industry reports, including "Internet Video: Field of Dreams or Nightmare on Elm Street," "The Next Leg of Online Travel," and "Pwned: How Casual Games Changed The Gaming Landscape." Atkins was recognized as the No. 2 stock picker and earnings estimator in the 2011 Financial Times / StarMine Internet & Catalog Retail category and was ranked in the 2010 Wall Street Journal "Best On The Street" for the Leisure Goods & Services category.
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Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Self Driving Cars Go Live This Summer

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) has always been great at innovation. The search engine giants are on the verge of another landmark. Google are now going to drive the self driving cars on public roads. They have scheduled the same this summer. It would be interesting to see how the whole thing goes. The testing would be done around the roads of Mountain View, California. Here in … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Self Driving Cars Go Live This Summer

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Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Stock News: Microsoft makes Bing Mobile Friendly

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) will be making Bing Search Engine mobile friendly. This news comes days after Google (NASDAQ GOOG) did the same with their own Search Engine. Signifying the importance of smartphones and other mobile devices, Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) announced that they will be prioritizing mobile friendly websites on its search engine, Bing. Here in this article, we will take a closer look at the … Continue reading Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Stock News: Microsoft makes Bing Mobile Friendly

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Airline Stocks In News: Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL), Spirit Airlines Incorporated (NASDAQ:SAVE), The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA)

Italian airline Alitalia on May 15, 2014 confirmed that it is suspending service to Venezuela between the start of June and the end of October because of growing disputes over delays in repatriating revenue under the country’s currency controls. Major airlines flying to Venezuela include American Airlines, Lufthansa, Delta Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), Avianca. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) stock performance was -0.81% in … Continue reading Airline Stocks In News: Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL), Spirit Airlines Incorporated (NASDAQ:SAVE), The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA)

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Biotech Losers: PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT), Prosensa Holding (NASDAQ:RNA), Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CNCE), Tetralogic Pharmaceuticals Corp (NASDAQ:TLOG), Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AGIO)

One solution, developed by PTC Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT), a US biotechnology company, is to intervene in the transcription process in which the DNA is converted first to messenger RNA and then into protein. PTC Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:PTCT)’s experimental drug ataluren is designed to override the false stop signal by interacting with the ribosome – the tiny biological machine inside every cell that runs along messenger … Continue reading Biotech Losers: PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT), Prosensa Holding (NASDAQ:RNA), Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CNCE), Tetralogic Pharmaceuticals Corp (NASDAQ:TLOG), Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AGIO)

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Tech Volatile Stocks: Gogo Inc (NASDAQ:GOGO), Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PXLW), Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTSN), XG Technology Inc (NASDAQ:XGTI)

Gogo Inc (NASDAQ:GOGO) on May 12 announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. The company reported record first quarter revenue of $95.7 million, up 35% year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA for Q1 2014 was $5.3 million, up 87% from $2.9 million in Q1 2013, driven by strong performance by our CA-NA and BA segments that were partially offset by an increased segment loss … Continue reading Tech Volatile Stocks: Gogo Inc (NASDAQ:GOGO), Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PXLW), Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTSN), XG Technology Inc (NASDAQ:XGTI)

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Stock in News: Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) On The Verge Of Buying Yelp

Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) may well be on the verge of buying Yelp. While Yelp has been associated with a myriad of companies, some analysts claim that Apple would be best off with the deal, though it may not happen in the near future. Yelp has been trading at very low levels, almost at half the levels which it was trading at some time ago. This … Continue reading Stock in News: Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) On The Verge Of Buying Yelp

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