Here they are...the most widely-read stories on TheStreet.com now:


Stocks Lower on Housing Concerns
Robert Holmes

Stocks eased early Tuesday as more rioting in France and concerns
about the pace of growth in the real estate sector weighed on a
two-week-old rally.


Wireless Facilities Learns a Hard Lesson
Kevin Kelleher

'Taint what you do, it's the way that you do it. That old jazz
standard should have been playing Monday when Wireless Facilities
posted its third-quarter earnings and began mourning over what is
already shaping up to be a dismal fourth quarter.


Microsoft Sets Sights on Oracle
Ronna Abramson

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the launch of his company's
long-delayed new database product Monday, touting its ability to serve
large and small customers alike and to integrate with the software
behemoth's other flagship products. In his speech at the Moscone
Convention Center, Ballmer wasn't shy about his wish that the new
offering will steal business away from database giant Oracle.


Dysktra: The Past Has Bullish Prologue
Lenny Dykstra

With the crowning of the Chicago White Sox as World Series champions,
the 2005 baseball season has come to an end. Professional football
approaches its halfway point just as hockey and basketball seasons
begin. Halloween has come and gone; hopefully, the resultant expansion
of my waistline will go soon as well. More people will be depressed
now that the clocks have been moved back such that it gets darker
earlier. Doctors refer to this phenomenon as seasonal affective
disorder, which is related to diminished hours of sunlight, not to the
end of the baseball season. Despite these changes, time, the market
and life continue to move forward. But looking forward sometimes means
looking back. For my first pick today, I go back to one of the great
growth stocks of the 1990s: Cisco Systems.


Tech Awaits Holiday Gift
Troy Wolverton

The end of the year is in sight, but there seems to be no end to the
speculation on whether consumers will successfully drive another
holiday shopping season. Early last month, with gasoline at nearly $3
a gallon in some regions, with hundreds of thousands displaced and out
of work due to the hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and with disappointing
retail sales in September, many analysts had worried about holiday
sales, particularly in consumers electronics. Those fears have abated
somewhat as gasoline prices have dropped, but few analysts are ready
to predict hopping holidays.

Daily Investing Tip
'Mad Money' Recap: Hain Maker

I am bullish on Hain Celestial after reading a story last week in USA
Today about how the level of pesticides in children fell dramatically
once the children began eating organic food. Sales of organic baby
food are up 57% over the past four years. Hain's line of organic baby
food, Earth's Best, grew 23% last year. Hain's organic baby food is
sold in Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats Market. Hain is a great way
to have some food exposure. Also, the holiday season historically has
been the best- performing period for Hain's stock each year.
-- James Cramer, TheStreet.com



James Altucher
Activist Track: Shamrock's New Leaf

The activist fund has pushed two plays a bit further along the path.

James J. Cramer
Short-Sellers May Fall Ill Over Meds
The action in medical device plays Syneron and China Medical is unwarranted.