Trader’s Recap: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY), Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) CTO Michael Todd Schroepfer sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.06, for a total transaction of $1,301,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer now directly owns 191,451 shares of the company’s…

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Active Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) brings down Lecpetex Botnet

In an interesting development, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) helped bring down a botnet called Lecpetex. This story shows both the growing sophistication of hackers and the difficulty of getting people to follow straightforward security protocols. Facebook reported that People downloaded and ran .exe files from spam messages despite years of warnings. The Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) wrote…

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Tech Stocks to Watch: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)

The appeal of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) for U.S. stock investors who favor dividend income may prove fleeting. Apple may not have much more room to advance without “the introduction of a product or service that creates a massive new profit opportunity,” Andy Hargreaves, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities LLC, wrote three days ago in…

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