clusterstock.alleyinsider.com - 1/5/2009
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Apple shows why investors were right to be skeptical about its rosy dismissals of concerns about Steve's health--because they were b.s.
apple.com - 1/5/2009
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January 5, 2009 Letter from Apple CEO Steve
Jobs Dear Apple Community, For the first time in
a decade, I m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. Unfortunately, my decision to have ...
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Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
biz.yahoo.com - 1/5/2009
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Dear Apple Community, For the first time in
a decade, I'm getting to spend the holiday season
with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another ...
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Letter From Apple CEO Steve Jobs: Financial News - ...
online.wsj.com - 1/5/2009
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Here is a statement from Apple Monday morning
on the health of CEO Steve Jobs. CUPERTINO, Calif.
-- It is widely recognized both inside and outside of Apple that Steve Jobs is one of the most talented and effective CEOs in the world. As we have said ...
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Statement From Apple Board; Letter From Steve Jobs on ...
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Governance Expert: Apple's Jobs' Disclosure "Dismissive," Insufficient (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... sees the last line of Mr. Jobs' letter as salt in the wound. Mr. Jobs wrote: "So now I've said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this." Says Mr. Davis: "What would have been reassuring would be a statement saying, 'As soon as we know anything further, we'll let our [shareholders] know.'" As it is, "it's dismissive of shareholders' legitimate need to know what's going on," Mr. Davis says.
See Also: Once Again, Apple Not Forthright About Steve Jobs' Health Steve Jobs Admits Health ...
Endocrinologists: Steve Jobs' Diagnosis (And Prognosis) Unclear
Silicon Alley Insider —
... problem were simply that he's not getting enough enzymes because his pancreas is too small, it wouldn't typically be referred to as a 'hormone imbalance.'
Of course, there are all sorts of other possibilities that have nothing to do with the pancreas. And the vagueness of Jobs's statement leaves many details unclear...
Steve said he has already begun treatment for the condition and that it is "relatively simple and straightforward."
See Also: Once Again, Apple Not Forthright About Steve Jobs' Health
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Apple still has a credibility problem
mathewingram.com/work —
... has to disclose it. And the statement from Jobs is effectively an admission of that. By extension, when the company said he wasn’t sick — and got CNBC to repeat this assertion — it was putting itself at risk of breaching SEC disclosure rules. But now that Steve has come clean everything is settled, right? Hardly. If anything, Apple’s wishy-washy approach to this whole issue over the past few months raises more questions about the company’s credibility than it answers.
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Jobs owes Apple and its customers more than a hormone imbalance
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... If it’s material, then Apple has to disclose it. And the statement from Jobs is effectively an admission of that. By extension, when the company said he wasn’t sick — and got CNBC to repeat this assertion — it was putting itself at risk of breaching SEC disclosure rules. But now that Steve has come clean everything is settled, right? Hardly. If anything, Apple’s wishy-washy approach to this whole issue over the past few months raises more questions about the company’s credibility than it answers.
I’m sorry but when billions of dollars and a ...
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