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Wells Fargo analyst Jason Maynard expects Oracle shares to keep growing in the next 12 months as the result of its acquisition of Sun Microsystems earlier this year. The company is scheduled to report its earnings Thursday.

Cisco Systems will pay out its first dividend within the next year, the computer-networking-gear maker promised shareholders Tuesday.

Some of the best reads for investors from around the Web, including posts about the market rising in spite of the Hindenburg Omen, 10 high-yield stocks and signs we're in a depression instead of a recession.

In a welcome sign of investor confidence in an economic recovery, U.S. interest rates grew for the third day in a row as people moved funds from bonds to stocks. But will higher interest rates slow the housing market?

Deutsche Bank (DB), Germany's largest lender, is to announce a share sale worth as much as 9 billion euros ($11.5 billion) as it prepares for tighter regulations and aims to purchase a larger stake in Postbank. The plan may be announced early next week, The New York Times reported without naming...

Panasonic (PC) will acquire the shares of common stock of SANYO Electric Co (SANYY) through a tender offer, Panasonic announced. Panasonic currently owns 50.5% of the aggregate number of SANYO's issued shares following a 2009 tender offer, Panasonic said in a statement. The new tender offer...

Pharmaceutical company Vivus is getting hammered in Friday tading, sinking more than 50% in the wake of Thursday's vote by an FDA advisory panel against approving its weight-loss drug, Qnexa, based on safety concerns.

Share in financial services company MBIA are up more than 10% in pre-market trading after Fairholme Capital Management, the investment firm headed by Bruce Berkowitz, disclosed that it had purchased an 11.1% stake in MBIA, the world's largest bond insurer.

Tesla's electric cars have amazing acceleration, but the company's stock has been moving even faster since its IPO last week. It shot up 79% in its first two days, but has since fallen below the IPO price. Venture capitalists and cleantech startups are watching carefully.

Despite the miserable headlines from BP, the week closed with the stock down less than 2%. Is all the bad news baked into the current price? DailyFinance's Dan Burrows explains why the stock could be ready to grow. (With video.)