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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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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Financial Stocks On the Move: Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)

Reports are out this morning that Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) is being accused by New York attorney general of fabricating foreclosure documents. Despite this the company’s shares are up 1.54% nearing the top end of the 52-week range. The company has a dividend yield of 1.20 and a price to earnings ration of 12.35. Wells Fargo…

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