STEVE JOBS

Stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Thursday after two days of market gains as investors digested labor market data and plans by European policymakers to shore up stressed banks.

The co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of tech giant Apple Inc., Steven Paul Jobs, died on Wednesday, of a rare form of pancreatic cancer and related health complications.

Wednesday, Apple's founder and tech visionary Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56 after his long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Shares of Apple eased 1.64 percent in pre-market U.S. trading Thursday, hours after the death of Chairman Steve Jobs.

Stock index futures rose on Thursday, following two days of market gains as optimism grew that European policymakers were making progress on concrete plans to shore up stressed banks.

Jobs was almost universally beloved and respected because of the devices he introduced to the world.

Apple's former CEO Steve Jobs died on Wednesday, family and the company have confirmed. He fought a rare kind of pancreatic cancer and had undergone a liver transplant. Here's a timeline of Jobs' life including his health woes.

Now that Steve Jobs is dead, the company he created will serve as one of his greatest legacies. It employs 46,600 worldwide. Annual sales for the period ended Sept. 30 are expected to exceed $100 billion for the first time.

The death of Steve Jobs was unexpected, although almost everyone was aware that he was fighting a rare and aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. However, his death has turned the spotlight on the early life and career of a man being hailed as a visionary.

Video and transcript of Steve Jobs' speech at Stanford University in 2005

Steve Jobs, who revolutionized personal computing, has passed away after at the age of 56 after years-long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Steve Jobs' biological dad Abdulfattah John Jandali, a casino executive in Reno, on Wednesday told the media he knew his estranged son is dead but won't be talking to the media, according to reports.

Legendary Inventor Steven Paul Jobs, co-founder and former chief executive of tech giant Apple Inc., died on Wednesday at the age of 56 as he sadly could not overcome pancreatic cancer and related health complications.

Steve Jobs, the co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apple Inc, passed away Wednesday at the age of 56, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Steve Jobs did not leave behind an autobiography as he embraced death, which he termed as the change agent in life. Many biographies have been written about him, some of them taking a cynical point of view about the man who revolutionized the modern electronics world.

Twitter records 10,000 tweets per second, following the death of Apple Inc.'s co-founder, Steve Jobs.

Stock futures pointed to Wall Street rising Thursday, extending a rally into a third day, on optimism that European policymakers are making progress in their efforts to help shore up troubled banks.

Steve Jobs has influenced in some way or other the lives of so many that people around the world turned iSad on Wednesday, taking a break for sharing thoughts about the charming innovator who formed modern technology culture.

The co-founder of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, is dead at the relatively young age of 56. Jobs had been battling a rare form of pancreatic cancer for several years and, with his demise on Wednesday, Apple has lost both its mentor and its most creative genius.

The death of Apple's inspirational leader is likely to have a deep impact on the maker of the iPod, iPhone and iPad, giving major rivals a greater chance to catch up with the technology giant.

If Steve Jobs ever had a competitor, that was Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Hailed as visionaries, Jobs and Gates framed the A to Z of personal computing while competing for domination of the tech world.