Despite earlier this week announcing disappointing first-quarter results, Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) says it expects its second quarter will be stronger. However, many analysts are skeptical, as the company’s attempted takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA) has not gone as smoothly as planned.

Oracle reported revenue for the three months ended Aug. 31 fell 5%, to $5.05 billion. Analysts were expecting $5.2 billion of sales.

Net income rose 4% to $1.1 billion, or 22 cents a share, by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), but the company leaned heavily on support contracts and cost cutting to maintain profitability. The world’s second-largest software maker blamed the drop on declining overseas sales and a stronger U.S. dollar.

“Oracle’s results were impacted by the reduced value of foreign currencies when compared to U.S. dollars, reducing Q1 GAAP earnings by $0.02 per share,” the company said. “Without this impact, Oracle’s Q1

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It’s a good day for robbing a bank – they’ve got money for a change! How fast the bankers redeemed themselves… just a few months ago, we were making jokes about them:

“What do you say to a banker who has lost his job on Wall Street?”

“Uh…can I have fries with that?”

But now they’re geniuses again. And they can prove it…just look at their pay stubs!

And if there’s any fear that these dumbbells might blow themselves up again, you can forget it. They’ve got the full faith and credit of the United States of American behind them. Here’s the latest from Associated Press:

“The watchdog overseeing the federal government financial bailout says the government’s maximum exposure to financial institutions since 2007 could total nearly $24 trillion, or about $80,000 for every American.

“The whopping amount compiled by the inspector general for the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program takes into account about

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