The Mystery of Steve Jobs’s Public Giving
The co-founder of Apple, who stepped down as chief executive last week, has focused on his work and family, not philanthropy.
View ArticleSprint Shares Surge on AT&T Setback
Shares of Sprint Nextel, the nation's third-largest cellular carrier, were up nearly 8 percent in early afternoon trading on Wednesday after the Justice Department moved to block AT&T's proposed...
View ArticleA Look Back at Steve Jobs
Steven P. Jobs made Apple into a technology behemoth and filled the world with products he dreamed up.
View ArticleWhat I Learned From Steve Jobs
Mr. Jobs — whose career spanned stints at Apple, NeXT and Pixar — deeply touched the lives of many executives and thought leaders, who say Apple's visionary helped shape their professional life.
View ArticleAs It Loses Executives, Yahoo Seeks a Deal
With senior employees rushing for the exits, the embattled online media company is eager to sign a deal and calm its ranks.
View ArticleRIM Shares Jump on Takeover Whispers
Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, has been the object of persistent deal speculation this year as a result of a string of weak financial reports, service outages and worries over lost market...
View ArticleInterDigital Calls Off Patent Sale
InterDigital announced on Monday that it has called off a sales process for its patent portfolio. It had failed to fetch offers for the entire collection, people briefed on the matter told DealBook.
View ArticleWall Street’s Latest Campus Recruiting Crisis
The industry, which has faced a loss of cachet since the financial disaster, is now dealing with the marketing crisis from the public resignation letter of Greg Smith, a former Goldman Sachs executive...
View ArticleRoche: Illumina Is No Apple
In a letter to Illumina's shareholders, Roche's chief executive, Severin Schwan, said there were few parallels between the iPhone maker and the genetic analysis provider, despite statements from the...
View ArticleFor Average Investors, Long Odds on a Big Facebook Payday
Facebook could be the next Google, whose shares now trade at more than six times their offering price, but it could also suffer the fate of Zynga, Groupon and other start-ups that came out of the gate...
View ArticleTalk of Facebook Interest Drives Shares in European Web Browser
Shares in the Norwegian Internet browser company Opera Software rose by as much as 22 percent on Tuesday after reports surfaced that Facebook might be looking to buy the company.
View ArticleApple to Acquire AuthenTec for $356 Million
The acquisition of the company, which designs security products for mobile devices such as fingerprint sensors, could help Apple bolster the security of its products,
View ArticleSuggestions for an Apple Shopping List
Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, has a cash supply of $117 billion. That could buy a lot of useful technology.
View ArticleApple’s Quiet Deal for AuthenTec
When Apple acquired AuthenTec last week, neither company issued a statement or a news release on the deal, which underscores the hard bargaining tactics of the technology giant.
View ArticleWill Apple Remain a Hedge Fund Favorite?
Many hedge fund managers count the technology giant among their top stock holdings -- and it has paid off.
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