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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VMware, Inc (NYSE:VMW) COO Carl M. Eschenbach unloaded 5,897 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.05, for a total value of $560,509.85. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 81,879 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately…

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