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(TheStreet) -- With the earnings outlook for banks turning bleaker, there may be some diamonds in the rough among smaller banks. The recovery in smaller regional banks has taken a long time to play out. Unlike larger banks that have been able to rely on income from capital market activities to...

(TheStreet) -- Either Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison is determined to destroy HP (NYSE: HPQ) or he's engaged in a brilliant strategy to drive down HP's stock so that he can buy it at a bargain price. Either way, Ellison seems to relish turning the dagger in HP's back every chance he gets...

(TheStreet) -- A look at the top social networking Web sites shows that Facebook reigns, with more than 800 million active users, while professional social network LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) accounts for more than 120 million visitors worldwide. Twitter grabs the third spot, with more than 100 million...

(TheStreet) - Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) should offer investors some relief from the gathering economic gloom over the next few months, say analysts, pointing to the companies' downturn-busting credentials. Weak consumer spending, a stateside debt crisis...

(TheStreet) -- Major GOP donors have reportedly renewed calls for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to state his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. The outspoken governor addressed a forum at Rider University in New Jersey and said the current Republican field hadn't answered the public'...

(TheStreet) -- Heading into third-quarter earnings season, investors will be keying in on regional banks' continued release of loan loss reserves, while seeking any sign of revenue growth. Acting Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman Martin J. Gruenberg pointed out earlier this week that the...

(MainStreet) -- It is news to no one that in today's highly volatile, global digital trading markets, he who gets his or her buy or sell order at the NYSE, Direct Edge, BATS, Nasdaq or other virtual financial exchange fastest usually does "bestest." And just like everything else these days, the...

(TheStreet) -- The past few weeks of tumultuous action have weighed heavily on investors of all risk tolerances. Although euro-concerns and other macroeconomic issues will likely continue to keep many from attempting to reenter the global marketplace, there remain individuals who may be ready to...

(TheStreet) -- Goldman Sachs' (NYSE: GS) latest list of "buy"-rated technology stocks include old reliables, such as iPad and iPhone maker Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and data-storage company EMC (NYSE: EMC). But it also includes transaction-management-services provider Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ:...

(TheStreet) -- Goldman Sachs' (NYSE: GS) latest list of "buy"-rated technology stocks include old reliables, such as iPad and iPhone maker Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and data-storage company EMC (NYSE: EMC). But it also includes transaction-management-services provider Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ:...

(TheStreet ) -- Gold stocks may have missed the rally in gold prices, but they're poised to hop on the bandwagon. The changing environment for gold stocks has been a prominent topic at the Denver Gold Forum this year. It was only a year ago that the thought of $2,000 gold prices were reserved for...

(TheStreet) -- Like Detroit and Tokyo, Frankfurt is the site of a world-class auto show where home country manufacturers take center stage. Even in the midst of a European economic crisis, companies such as BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen can boast of sales records, new models, and their latest...

(MainStreet) -- Seductive curves, a hot little motor built for speed and a sexy European name don't always justify the small fortunes spent on them. Automotive lust comes at a high price for car lovers who just have to have a $1.7 million to $2.4 million Bugatti Veyron with its 2.5-second zero-to-...

(TheStreet) --There are seven companies in the IPO pipeline that could top $1 billion. If all seven were to price before the year's end, 2011 would match 2001 for billion dollar offerings. But just because an offering is in the big money category, that doesn't mean it's going to be successful....

(TheStreet) -- It seems no investor wants to touch Europe, the world's riskiest investment region. Old Europe may boast a model for democracy (Switzerland), innovation (Italy) and economic might (Germany), but the cradle of Western civilization (Greece) is bringing down the entire euro area and...