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.

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Drug Manufacturer Stocks: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA), Prana Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PRAN), Amarin Corporation (NASDAQ:AMRN), Depomed Inc (NASDAQ:DEPO)

National Alliance Securities assumed coverage on shares of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:TEVA) in a research note issued to investors on Monday, Analyst Ratings Netreports. The firm issued a buy rating and a $64.22 price target on the stock. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) stock performance was -1.18% in last session and finished…

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NASDAQ Active Runners: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA)

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) VP William M. Holt sold 13,331 shares of Intel stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.36, for a total transaction of $351,405.16. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) stock performance was -0.95% in last session and finished the day at $26.16. Traded volume was…

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Tech Runners: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) CFO David A. Ebersman sold 23,400 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Thursday, April 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.89, for a total transaction of $1,471,626.00. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was -5.15% in last session and finished the day at…

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Industrial Goods Active Runners: Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), KB Home (NYSE:KBH)

Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP) announced that four buses had been deployed with Ballard modules. Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP) announced Van Hool NV, the fourth-largest bus manufacturer in Europe, delivered the first four buses powered by Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP)’s 150-kilowatt FCvelocity-HD6 fuel cell module. Van Hool will deliver the…

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Chemical Major Diversified: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Praxair (NYSE:PX), Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE:APD), Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO)

U.S. chemical kingpin The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) joint venture chlor-alkali facility with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. of Japan has successfully commenced full-scale, commercial production. The facility, based in Freeport, TX, has been set up to produce chlorine and caustic soda used as feedstock in a number of industrial and chemical processes and products. The…

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