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- FinanceBusiness Insider•yesterday20 years ago Apple re-hired Steve Jobs by buying his struggling startup for $400 million
In hindsight, the firing of Steve Jobs from Apple seemed like one of the biggest mistakes of all time. This has been much discussed in the years since Apple rebounded under Jobs to become one of the most innovative, powerful, and profitable tech companies of all time. Apple bought Jobs' 11-year-old company, NeXT Software, for a $400 million.
- BusinessKiplinger•15 hours ago3 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy for Retirement
Retirement investing is not what it used to be. The problem with the Federal Reserve's attempt to goose the economy is that it killed bond yields, forcing retired investors further out onto the risk curve, making it difficult to find safe stocks to buy. When it comes to retirement stocks, I have very firm requirements, which I'll describe in detail when I launch my stock advisory newsletter, The Liberty Portfolio, early next year.
- BusinessCNBC.com•12 hours agoAmazon gets US patent for 'countermeasures' to protect drone delivery
Amazon received a patent that covers technology to give it extra anti-hacking protections when drones are out are doing deliveries, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Amazon, which has dubbed its drone-based delivery service Prime Air, recently had its first actual drone delivery using the technology. The e-commerce giant initially filed in 2014 for the patented technology covering "countermeasures of threats to an uncrewed autonomous vehicle." Amazon said in the filing the UAVs, or drones, can be targets of a "malicious person" using a wireless signal jammer and it indicates there could be "a variety of adverse effects including the UAV crashing." The technology patent is based
