Exactly how big a jerk was Steve Jobs, and what does this teach us about management?These are major questions of the moment, with a new book about Jobs coming out Tuesday that is being positioned, with the active support of the…
Internet outages reveal gaps in US broadband infrastructure
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona (AP) ” When vandals sliced a fiber-optic cable in the Arizona desert last month, they did more than time-warp thousands of people back to an era before computers, credit cards or even phones. They exposed a glaring…
About 4,000 fishermen stranded on Indonesian islands
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ” The number of foreign fishermen stranded on several remote eastern Indonesian islands has spiraled to 4,000, including some revealed in an Associated Press investigation to have been enslaved.Many are migrant…
Bankrupt RadioShack wants to sell off user data
The demise of RadioShack left techies with one less place to congregate and buy obscure batteries and soldering equipment. And if that wasn’t bad enough, now the bankrupt company is trying to sell off the devotees’ data.After filing…
2 more Galileo satellites launched from French Guiana for EU
KOUROU, French Guiana (AP) ” A rocket fired from French Guiana has launched two Galileo satellites for the European Space Agency as the European Union continues to expand its global navigation system.Arianespace says the seventh…
Jury says Silicon Valley firm did not discriminate
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ” A jury decided Friday that a prestigious venture capital firm did not discriminate or retaliate against a female employee in a case that debated gender imbalance and working conditions for women in Silicon Valley.The…
Altera stock soars on report of sales talks with Intel
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ” Altera’s stock soared to its highest price in nearly four years Friday on a report the chipmaker is in talks to be sold to industry leader Intel.The Wall Street Journal didn’t cite any sources in its report…
RadioShack bankruptcy hearing drags on, Salus plans new bid
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) ” A lender who failed to win an auction this week for RadioShack’s assets is planning to submit a new bid as a bankruptcy court hearing on the fate of the electronics retailer drags on.An attorney for Salus…
US stock indexes end a rough week with tiny gains
NEW YORK (AP) ” U.S. market indexes are ending a tough week with modest gains.The slight increases on Friday weren’t enough to keep the market from having its second-worst week this year.The price of oil plunged 5 percent, ending…
Duration of post-WWII US economic recoveries, at a glance
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The expansion of the U.S. economy will hit its six-year mark in June. Though growth overall has generally been mild, this recovery has proved to be one of the most durable and steady periods of growth since World…