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Shareholders Rage at Apple Board's Silence on Jobs

Apple board rebuffs requests for updates on CEO's health

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Feb 25, 2009 4:54 PM CST

(Newser) – Apple shareholders left an annual meeting today upset at the company’s board for staying mum about CEO Steve Jobs’ health, the Wall Street Journal reports. Considered the company’s chief innovator, Jobs rattled Apple’s stock price last month with news that treatment for... Read full story »

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