The 8 best cities for tech jobs

People want to work in tech, and it’s clear why. Tech salaries tend to be about $60,000 more per year than the national average wage, according to a 2018 report from CompTIA, a leading tech trade organization. Tech companies have also built a reputation for offering Cadillac-level benefits, outrageous perks, work-from-home flexibility and the promise of stock options with 10x returns. READ MORE

Greg Abel: Holding a key to Buffett’s Kingdom

There’s a good bet he’ll never ride a steer down the streets of Omaha, dance with the University of Nebraska cheerleaders or play the ukulele in front of a crowd of 35,000-plus like his boss, but Greg Abel will most likely do his damnedest to follow exactly what Warren Buffett has done for 53 years: acquire, run and grow businesses that fit right into Berkshire Hathaway’s DNA. READ MORE

“THANK F--KING GOD THEY DIDN’T SELL TO PECKER”: MEREDITH’S SALE OF TIME INC.’S CROWN JEWELS IS DRAGGING ON

In the spring, after Meredith Corporation put four of its newly acquired magazines up for sale—Time, Fortune, Money, and Sports Illustrated—there was talk of buyers being locked down by the end of June. The hope was for a speedy resolution in delivering these legendary publications to their next stewards, whoever those may be. While these four were seen as the crown jewels of Time Inc., which Meredith bought in early 2018 following a years-long pursuit, it was Time Inc.’s softer commodities—InStyle, Real Simple, etc.—that Meredith was salivating over. Meredith’s main priority was to integrate the rest of the Time Inc. portfolio into its business operations; dealing with the titles it was destined to get rid of would only be a distraction. Meanwhile, for as long as those titles remained under Meredith’s purview, they would essentially be consigned to a state of purgatory. It was in everyone’s interest to fire up the term sheets as quickly as possible. READ MORE

Vermeer to expand, rebuild after tornado

An industrial and agricultural equipment manufacturer plans to expand its Iowa production site less than two months after a tornado tore through its factories, destroying two plants.

The July 19 tornado reached speeds of 144 mph, ripping apart buildings and idling production lines at Vermeer Corp's campus near Pella, The Des Moines Register reported . Vermeer is Pella's largest single employer with about 2,800 employees. READ MORE