Author: 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.
Biotech Finance News
BioTech, Finance

Biotech Stock Analysis: Best Biotech Stocks in the Market Currently

Biotechnology investors often have to make bets based more on promise than profit. That’s because it takes years and hundreds of millions of dollars to advance new medicine through clinical trials to market, so investing in biotech stocks is more of a gamble than investing in other industries. Having said that, there are a number of biotech stocks that make money and that are expected … Continue reading Biotech Stock Analysis: Best Biotech Stocks in the Market Currently

Richard Atkins
Finance, Software

Bitcoin News: In Poland, You Can Now Buy Equity With Bitcoins

Poland-based bitcoin payment solutions provider InPay S.A. has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign that makes it possible to buy company stock with bitcoin. The company claims to have secured the approval of Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), the country’s equivalent of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which makes it a unique project in the Polish digital currency industry, according to company representatives. The … Continue reading Bitcoin News: In Poland, You Can Now Buy Equity With Bitcoins

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Cuts Xbox One Prices

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) is set to cut the price of the Xbox One by $50 this holiday season. The tech giant’s special holiday promotion will be valid on Xbox One consoles or bundles until January 3rd. This deal will be available at all major retailers in the United States including Amazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Game Stop, Toys R Us, and Microsoft Store. Yusef … Continue reading Stock in News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Cuts Xbox One Prices

Richard Atkins
Finance, Mobile

Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Stock News: Apple Pay Faces Risk as Some Start Rejecting the System

Apple Pay, the mobile payment service of Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is facing a risk after CVS Health Corp (NYSE CVS) and Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE RAD), the two major pharmacy chain operator in the United States rejected the system. Wal-Mar Stores, CVS Heakth, Rite Aid, Best Buy and 50 other retailers are working on their own mobile payment system called CurrentC. According to Bloomberg … Continue reading Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Stock News: Apple Pay Faces Risk as Some Start Rejecting the System

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Drive, Google Docs Down For Some

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) is investing some reported problems with Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides. The company’s App Status Dashboard shows a disruption on all four services, and it didn’t take long for complaints about the disruption to start pouring onto Twitter. Users who are having problems with these Google services are receiving a 500 server error. Google said that it is “investigating reports of … Continue reading Active Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Drive, Google Docs Down For Some

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: A Look At What Taxes Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Pays

According to documents filed with Companies House on Tuesday October 21, Facebook’s UK corporation tax bill came to a grand total of $4,005 in 2013. To give that statement even greater resonance, the income tax paid by a London school teacher is equal to over $4,430. Not only was the company’s corporation tax bill pitifully small, it actually had a credit balance of $230,414 due … Continue reading Stock in News: A Look At What Taxes Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Pays

Richard Atkins