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.

Healthcare Losers: Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA), ERBA Diagnostics Inc (NYSEMKT:ERB), Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:ATNM), Concert Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNCE)

Cara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CARA) — which has a preclinical cannabis compound — jumped 11.58%. The company is clearly running (smoke) rings around the competition and has the most appropriately named spokeswoman on Earth should it wish to employ the English supermodel as a mouthpiece. Cara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CARA) stock performance was -7.49% in last session…

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Stocks Downgrades: Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), CommonWealth REIT (NYSE:CWH), QEP Resources (NYSE:QEP), Zillow (NASDAQ:Z)

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) was downgraded by analysts at Standpoint Research from a buy rating to a hold rating. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) stock performance was 0.51% in last session and finished the day at $23.52. Traded volume was 28.73million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 44.52million shares. The…

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