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.

Stocks Touched New Highs At NASDAQ: Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO), Maxwell Technologies (NASDAQ:MXWL), Integrated Device (NASDAQ:IDTI), SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK)

Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO) were the target of a large decrease in short interest in January. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 13,277,977 shares, a decrease of 7.7% from the February 14th total of 14,378,251 shares, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) stock performance was 1.41% in…

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Biotech Losers: Egalet Corp (NASDAQ:EGLT), Marina Biotech (OTCMKTS:MRNA), Conatus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNAT), Acceleron Pharma (NASDAQ:XLRN)

Egalet Corporation (NASDAQ:EGLT) announced that its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 financial results will be released on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Egalet Corp (NASDAQ:EGLT) stock performance was -5.53% in last session and finished the day at $17.41. Traded volume was 82,789.00 shares in the last session and the average volume of the…

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NYSE Active Runners: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC)

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD) rose on Tuesday after a firm called Ascendiant Capital started coverage of the graphics and processor company with a Buy rating. AMD got another boost after the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi exercised warrants to buy 34.9 million more shares the prior week to take its stake up to…

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Most Volatile Services Sector Stocks: NewLead (NASDAQ:NEWL), U.S. Auto Parts (NASDAQ:PRTS), Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK), dELiA*s (NASDAQ:DLIA)

NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL), an international, vertically integrated shipping and commodity company, announced having executed definitive agreements for the purchase of two eco type 31,800 dwt, Handysize bulk carriers which were built in 2012 for a total attainment price of $37 million.NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL) stock performance was -15.99% in last session and finished the…

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