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.

Early Market Movers: Pandora (NYSE:P), Pixelworks (NASDAQ:PXLW), Agria Corp (NYSE:GRO)

Pandora (NYSE:P) was lower nearly 4% in recent pre-market trade even as it reported that listener hours on its internet radio service rose 9% to 1.51 billion in February. The number of active listeners rose 11% to 75.3 million. Pandora (NYSE:P)  said it plans to discontinue monthly disclosure of key audience metrics after a final monthly…

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Biotech Losers: Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AEGR), Insys Therapeutics (NASDAQ:INSY), NPS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:NPSP), XOMA Corp (NASDAQ:XOMA)

The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. reminds purchasers of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:AEGR) between March 15, 2012 and January 9, 2014, inclusive (the “Class Period”) of the important Mach 17, 2014 lead plaintiff deadline in the class action seeking remedies under the federal securities laws. Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEGR) stock performance was -5.40% in last session…

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Trader’s Alert: Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU), Qihoo 360 Technology (NYSE:QIHU), Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)

Analysts at Citigroup Inc. raised their price objective on shares of Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) from $175.00 to $215.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, AmericanBankingNews.com reports. Citigroup Inc.’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 26.66% from the company’s current price. Shares of Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) closed at $172.42…

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Social Stocks In News: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Renren Inc (NYSE:RENN)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s Paper application was launched last month as a way for users to find and share news stories socially. This recent update gives users more ways to share articles they like with others, even friends who aren’t on the popular social network. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was 2.06% in last session and…

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Large Cap Most Active Stocks: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is in talks to buy solar-powered drone maker Titan Aerospace for $60 million, in a bid to provide affordable internet access to consumers in undeveloped parts of the world, technology blog TechCrunch reported on Monday, citing an anonymous source. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was 2.06% in last session and finished the…

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