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.

Active Stock: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Q3 Earnings Preview

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) is scheduled to release and discuss its third-quarter financial result on Thursday, October 16 at 1:30 P.M. Pacific Time. Analysts at Bernstein Research believed that investors are still primarily focused on the company’s revenue growth sustainability, the trajectory of its operating expenses, margin and capex. According to Bernstein Research analysts Carlos…

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Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Stock Down : Biotech Trial Failure

Shares of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc (SNSS) plunged significantly after the company announced that its phase III trial, VALOR, failed to meet its primary endpoint. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (n=711) evaluated the efficacy of Qinprezo (vosaroxin) and cytarabine in patients suffering from first relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The trial failed to reach…

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