Second Opinion 10.14

Google is developing self-driving cars and investing in wind farms, but it hasn't lost its focus. So suggest newly released numbers, including income, which is up a stunning 32% from last year. Skype gets serious Facebook integration. (This is big.) The party is over for Steve Rattner, but the SEC can't seem to quit him. It's also over (for now) for Andrew Fashion, a Web entrepreneur who earned $2.5 million by his 21st birthday, then promptly blew it all. In a familiar refrain, Seagate receives a buyout offer. The hot money? It's on Poland, argues the Financial Times. John Sculley -- the exec who famously pushed Steve Jobs out of Apple years ago -- is now talking about the secrets to Jobs' success (which, I'm sure Steve Jobs just loves). Speaking of Apple: Run, do not walk. For one week, you can trade in your old iPod for a hundred bucks.