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, Mobile

Stock in News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Posts Revenue Report for First Quarter

Facebook (NASDAQ FB) has released its earnings report for the first quarter. The world’s largest social networking site has come out with a report which is sure to have some impact on the stock’s performance in the coming days. THe major surprise was the effect which currency fluctuations had on the revenues of Facebook. For the first time in almost three years, Facebook has missed … Continue reading Stock in News: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Posts Revenue Report for First Quarter

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Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Estimations for Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Windows 10

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) has been a changed stock since last year. A change in leadership also brought in a change in strategy. Microsoft has become a mobile first cloud first company. Major acquisitions and deals were done on similar lines. Operating Systems may not be taking the centre stage but it still does provide the bread and butter for the company. Therefore the release of … Continue reading Stock in News: Estimations for Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Windows 10

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Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Checking out the Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Fi Program

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) remains one of the most innovative technology companies in the world right now. One of the latest projects which has been associated with Google is that of Google Fi. With Project Fi, Google aims at making internet faster and seamless. Google would be delivering this project in partnership with various service providers and hardware makers. This is one project which is being … Continue reading Stock in News: Checking out the Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Fi Program

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Finance

Consumer Goods Most Active: General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Avon Products (NYSE:AVP)

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) revealed on Thursday it is the subject of five different government probes related to its massive recalls, including two previously unreported investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a state prosecutor. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) stock performance was -0.64% in last session and finished the day at $34.17. Traded volume was 33.35million shares in the last session and the … Continue reading Consumer Goods Most Active: General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Avon Products (NYSE:AVP)

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Healthcare Losers: Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA), ERBA Diagnostics Inc (NYSEMKT:ERB), Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:ATNM), Concert Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNCE)

Cara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CARA) — which has a preclinical cannabis compound — jumped 11.58%. The company is clearly running (smoke) rings around the competition and has the most appropriately named spokeswoman on Earth should it wish to employ the English supermodel as a mouthpiece. Cara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CARA) stock performance was -7.49% in last session and finished the day at $14.20. Traded volume was 123,773.00million … Continue reading Healthcare Losers: Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA), ERBA Diagnostics Inc (NYSEMKT:ERB), Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:ATNM), Concert Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNCE)

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Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Watch Collected By The First Batch of customers

Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) has finally started handed their customers with Apple Watch. The wait for the watch has certainly been long and painful for the Apple faithful. The delivery of first Apple Watch took place on Friday. The Watch was handed over to the customers who had ordered the product on line. There has been some confusion about the availability of the product, but the … Continue reading Stock in News: Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) Watch Collected By The First Batch of customers

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