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.
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Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Planning On A Standalone Photo Service

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) is now planning to release a photo sharing and collecting service. This service would be helpful for the users to post and share their images on social networking sites. Google would be planning to help users share their images on Facebook and Twitter. This should be helpful for the users and it stands as an exciting prospect. Here in this article, we … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Planning On A Standalone Photo Service

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Hot Stocks: VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON), AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA)

VMware, Inc (NYSE:VMW) COO Carl M. Eschenbach unloaded 5,897 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.05, for a total value of $560,509.85. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 81,879 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,782,599. VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) stock performance was 1.54% in last … Continue reading Hot Stocks: VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON), AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA)

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Investor’s Alert: Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE), Brady Corp (NYSE:BRC), 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD), Signet Jewelers Ltd. (NYSE:SIG)

Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE) has struggled on the charts for much of 2014, the stock was one of many alternative energy companies to shoot significantly higher today, thanks to an upbeat earnings report from sector component Trina Solar Limited (ADR) (NYSE:TSL). In fact, by the sound of the closing bell, the equity stood 10.2% above breakeven, at $3.14. In the options … Continue reading Investor’s Alert: Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE), Brady Corp (NYSE:BRC), 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD), Signet Jewelers Ltd. (NYSE:SIG)

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Hot Stocks: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), 58.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:WUBA), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE:ANW), Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD)

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), the world’s biggest health-care products company, is bolstering its medical device presence in China as some companies struggle with government rules in one of the world’s fastest growing markets. J&J built a manufacturing plant in Suzhou and conducted clinical trials with the plates and screws for broken bones that it produced, said Michel Orsinger, worldwide chairman of J&J’s global orthopedics group. … Continue reading Hot Stocks: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), 58.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:WUBA), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE:ANW), Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD)

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Stock in News: The Partnership of Google and Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR)

Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR) and Google (NASDAQ GOOG) are teaming up with each other in order to gain users on their respective platforms. According to the various news sources in the market, Google and Twitter would be teaming up in hte coming days so as to integrate tweets in Google search results. This would be a major step especially for Twitter, who has been looking to … Continue reading Stock in News: The Partnership of Google and Twitter (NASDAQ TWTR)

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Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Stock News: Looking At Google’s Cloud Ambitions

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) has been trying hard to get a foothold in the Cloud market. The search engine giants have been taking their cloud ambitions seriously and therefore they have also started providing their users cloud at a reduced price- reduced by around 30%. With the competition being strong, this rate cut was all but expected. Google also introduced low cost Pre-Emptible VMs. Here in … Continue reading Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Stock News: Looking At Google’s Cloud Ambitions

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