Insider inside

Michael Kimelman, the Incremental Capital co-founder, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for insider trading yesterday.

Walmart win

Walmart officials told analysts yesterday that revenue at stores open at least a year rose in July, August and September after more than two years of quarterly declines.

Akamai high

Akamai Technologies rose as much as 17 percent in late trading after speculation that Google may be close to acquiring it. Sources later told Bloomberg that the rumor, reported in Business Insider, was false.

Never mind

Universal Pictures abandoned a plan to offer the Eddie Murphy comedy “Tower Heist” on pay television three weeks after its theatrical release, yielding to a threatened boycott by exhibitors.

Sony hacked

Sony said yesterday it suspended 93,000 accounts on its online entertainment networks after detecting a wave of unauthorized sign-in attempts between Oct. 7 and 10.