news.cnet.com - 1/15/2009
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Apple may have wanted to protect Steve Jobs' privacy with the way it chose to address his health. But the end result is a credibility problem that will not go away easily.
After initially reassuring the public that Jobs' health issues were real, but not all that serious, Apple's ...
bloomberg.com - 1/15/2009
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bloomberg.com —
Apple’s Cook Pushes Staff in Lieu of Jobs’s
Magic (Update1) By Dina Bass and Connie Guglielmo Jan....
15 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is prone to fits of passion, table pounding and screaming. Tim Cook , who ...
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businessweek.com - 1/15/2009
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businessweek.com —
The interim CEO, more a pragmatist than a
visionary, should lead Apple capably in Jobs' absence By...
Arik Hesseldahl As Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs steps away from the helm for a six-month medical leave, the eyes of investors, customers, and ...
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Tim Cook: A Steady Go-To Guide for Apple
executivesuite.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/15/2009
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Trying to parse the changing story line about
the most important person at one of the most...
high-profile companies in America.
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It's Time for Apple to Come Clean
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The Magic 8-Ball Steve Jobs FAQ
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... , leaving him to manage a tricky insulin regimen. Q: Have Apple and Jobs lost some credibility in the handling of this story? A: It is decidedly so. Apple has tried to play this down the middle, balancing Jobs’ desire for privacy with its legal obligations to investors, and the results have been vague and contradictory . Writes ...
Will Apple Ever Be The Same?
Mobilewhack.com —
... deceive Apple and shareholders regarding his health? No one has uncovered hard evidence that he did. But it sure looks bad, and securities lawyers are sure to exploit the situation given the drop in Apple’s stock in after-hours trading Wednesday and a further drop Thursday. Apple is a notoriously secretive company. That strategy has allowed Apple to generate hype better than perhaps any company in America, but it could have backfired in a big way Wednesday. So how can Apple respond? ( Source ) CNet Tags: ...
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A day after Steve Jobs announced he would take a medical leave of absence, the Apple CEO's Silicon Valley colleagues are first and foremost wishing him well. There seems to be a consensus that Jobs has disclosed what he needs to, and that in the ...