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(TheStreet) -- The world of business is rarely the domain of do-gooders. To get ahead, executives have to be bold and brusque. This can backfire. Poor decisions, born of bad taste, can turn off customers, irritate the public and fuel lawsuits. It's the kind of risk you can imagine being taken by...

(TheStreet) -- It's the wedding of the century, no question. When Kate Middleton walks down the aisle at Westminster Abbey on Friday, a mind-boggling 2 billion people are expected to be watching around the world. Away from the pomp and the media feeding frenzy, though, the royal wedding is also a...

(TheStreet) -- Today, the world goes on hold. In Libya, the Gadhafis and the anti-Gadhafis put down their guns. The escapees from that Afghan jail stop running and turn on their radios. Here in the U.S., traffic stops, airports shut. Times Square is silent. Ben Bernanke is holding a press...

(TheStreet) -- As investors pile in to the tech rally, two big names -- Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) -- are seen as the innovation leaders determining the direction of the sector. So which shop has the edge? It's a classic heavyweight match-up. Each player brings certain...

(TheStreet) -- In the early 2000s, Amazon(NASDAQ: AMZN) distinguished itself as a dot-com survivor, emerging from the tech wreck bloodied, but unbowed. Today, it is among the most powerful companies on the Web. Superlative inventory management, low pricing and innovative rewards programs have...

(TheStreet) -- Bankruptcies in the retail sector are still a very disconcerting prospect. In less than a year, we have witnessed the fall of two behemoths: Blockbuster(BLOAQ.PK) and Borders, an indication that there is always some weeding out to be done in the sector. While consumer spending has...

(TheStreet ) -- Gold prices have broken $1,500 and it has many investors wondering if it's too late to buy gold. Gold prices have climbed 5.5% year to date, with many analysts predicting continued strength throughout the rest of the year on inflation worries and lose money policies from central...

(TheStreet) -- Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone made all the difference for AT&T (NYSE: T) last quarter. As big phone rivals AT&T and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) square off this week on first-quarter earnings, Wall Street awaits the numbers from Ma Bell's wireless unit now that the iPhone sells at...

(TheStreet ) -- Gold prices are running towards $1,500 an ounce. At the heart of it, is fear. Gold is possibly the best fear gauge there is. When investors are scared over inflation, civil war, earthquakes, nuclear reactor meltdowns and debt defaults, they run to gold. Here are the top 5 reasons...

(TheStreet) -- Record-store owners owe Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes a tremendous debt of gratitude for being an uncaring, scatter-brained, inhuman little jukebox: It's saving their skin right now. The running narrative in the music world during the past decade is that the physical album is dead,...

(TheStreet) -- As Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) kicks off tech earnings season with the release of its first-quarter results Thursday after the bell, new CEO Larry Page -- presumably speaking on the company conference call at 4:30 p.m. eastern -- will set the scene for a new era in the search giant's...

(TheStreet) -- Riverbed's (NASDAQ: RVBD) upside pre-announcement shows which way the spending is flowing in networking gear -- away from equipment shops like Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Extreme Networks (NASDAQ: EXTR). Riverbed, which makes networking systems that squeeze higher performance out of...

(TheStreet) -- Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) recent struggles have called into question what constitutes a tech bellwether, with some observers arguing that the company's recent results are no longer a strong indicator of economic growth. Investors are certainly spooked by Cisco's problems. Shares of the...

(TheStreet) -- You let your taxes go until the last minute. And now you need some help. Even a government shutdown wouldn't have saved you, by the way. A shutdown does not mean the IRS shuts down. Taxes remain due April 18 come heck or high water, so if you've procrastinated, here is your one-stop...

(TheStreet) - The controversy swirling around David Sokol's questionable actions leading up to his resignation from Berkshire Hathaway(BRK.A_) has continued to rage, making it easy to forget that, prior to this event, the Oracle of Omaha had been making headlines with his comments regarding a...