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.

Mid Cap Volatile Stocks: ISIS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ISIS), Qunar Cayman Islands (NASDAQ:QUNR), Nimble Storage (NYSE:NMBL), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP)

ISIS Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ISIS)’s stock had its “positive” rating restated by stock analysts at BMO Capital Markets in a report issued. ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISIS) stock performance was -6.21% in last session and finished the day at $46.05. Traded volume was 2.88million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained…

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Services Sector Most Volatile: Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ:SGMS), You On Demand (NASDAQ:YOD), Gray Television (NYSE:GTN), ModusLink Global (NASDAQ:MLNK)

Shares of Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ:SGMS) were charging higher after reporting fourth-quarter earnings. Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ:SGMS) stock performance was 16.38% in last session and finished the day at $16.13. Traded volume was 5,203,351 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 619.52 million shares. The beta of the…

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Services Sector Most Active: J.C. Penney Company (NYSE:JCP), Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI), McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD)

J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) received a vote of confidence and a rare Wall Street upgrade on Tuesday. The Plano-based department store was labeled an “American comeback story” by Citigroup’s retail analyst Oliver Chen, who upgraded the retailer’s stock from “neutral” to “buy” on Tuesday. J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) stock performance was 2.97% in…

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