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.
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: A Preview of Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Q4 Earnings

Facebook (NASDAQ FB), the world’s largest social networking site, is going to present its Q4 revenue and earnings shortly. The Mark Zuckerberg led social networking giants have had a good financial year with the stock performing strongly. The stock may well move onto bigger values in the coming days and the stock holders would be hoping that they get to see the stock perform consistently … Continue reading Stock in News: A Preview of Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Q4 Earnings

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Finance, Mobile

Stock in Action: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Enters the Wireless Market

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) is going to enter the wireless market. The search engine giants have always been innovative in terms of their products and services. Therefore this latest venture from Google does not come as a giant surprise. Google has been known to enter niche markets and then they go on and change a lot of its landscape. Google would be hoping to do the … Continue reading Stock in Action: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Enters the Wireless Market

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Finance, Internet

Stock Focus: What Can We Expect From Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Browser Spartan

There is change in the air which surrounds the mighty Microsoft. After Satya Nadella took charge of the company, the focus has drastically shifted to a mobile first , cloud first strategy. That does not change the fact that Microsoft has its major revenues from its Operating Systems. After a much anticipated launch of Windows 10, people all over the world are still comprehending about … Continue reading Stock Focus: What Can We Expect From Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Browser Spartan

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Finance

Stock in News: Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT), Aoxin Tianli (NASDAQ:ABAC), The Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK), W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW), Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX)

On Jan 26, Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) removed Chief Executive Brian Stockton after another disappointing holiday shopping season for the maker of the aging Barbie doll. The company, which also warned of a fifth straight drop in quarterly sales, has struggled in recent years as young girls shun nearly 56-year old Barbie in favor of electronic toys, tablets and toys based on popular films. Mattel, Inc. … Continue reading Stock in News: Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT), Aoxin Tianli (NASDAQ:ABAC), The Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK), W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW), Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX)

Richard Atkins
Finance, Mobile

Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) To Acquire Twitter?

According to various speculations in the market, Google (NASDAQ GOOG) may be on the verge of acquiring the popular social networking site, Twitter. While this acquisition news from Google has been doing rounds for years now, the potential of such a deal is massive indeed. This could have a huge effect on the market for both Google and Twitter stocks. Twitter stock already say a … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) To Acquire Twitter?

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Bitcoin Update: Bitcoin Prices are falling heavily

Bitcoin which has been regularly touted as the digital payment system which will take over soon enough, has been falling off in price. Since its inception, bitcoin has seen some very extreme price levels. It has been both over and under valued at different points of time. Therefore, the current price volatility does not come as a major surprise for anyone who has been following … Continue reading Bitcoin Update: Bitcoin Prices are falling heavily

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