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 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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Stock in News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Acquires Mobile Analytics Firm Datazen

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) has acquired the mobile analytics firm datazen. According to various sources, the deal between the two firms was finalized in the past couple of days. Microsoft should be benefited by this deal which would see them further strengthening their new mobile and cloud based policies. Datazen is a mobile business intelligence and…

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Top News: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Stores will begin accepting any of the company’s products for recycling at no charge. Even better, if the items look resealable, you might even get a store credit, a.k.a. an Apple gift card. CEO Tim Cook last month told shareholders the company wants to “leave the world better than we found it,”…

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Basic material Volatile Stocks: Atlas Energy (NYSE:ATLS), Magellan Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:MPET), Senomyx (NASDAQ:SNMX), Forbes Energy Services (NASDAQ:FES)

Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ATLS) announces that Atlas Resource Partners will be presenting at the IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium on Monday, April 7th in New York, NY. Matthew A. Jones, President, will be presenting for Atlas Resource Partners at 4:10pm ET. Atlas Energy LP (NYSE:ATLS) stock performance was -7.91% in last session and…

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