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Steve Jobs stories: 105 news summaries

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(Newser) - Apple CEO Steve Jobs was too ill to attend a California town council meeting last night over the fate of a historic home he owns in Woodside, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “I don't think he would be strong enough if we were here until 1 am,... More »

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California • Steve Jobs • Apple • illness • Woodside • council meeting • historic preservation

(Newser) - Steve Jobs may be on the sidelines—at least in theory—but Apple is showing no signs of a letdown. The company's quarterly profit surged 15% on strong sales of iPhones and iPods, the Wall Street Journal reports. Jobs, reportedly still very much calling the shots during his medical leave,... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • profits • corporate earnings

Insiders: Jobs Still Steering Apple From Home

Sick CEO still handling firms products, strategies

Apr 11, 09 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Jobs is keeping a firm grip on the goings-on at Apple despite being on medical leave, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The chief executive's stand-in, Tim Cook, is handling the day-to-day running of the firm, but Jobs has been working on strategies and products from home, especially the... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • CEO • Apple • Tim Cook

GLOSSIES

 Huzzahs for Masters of Change 


Mar 22, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saying that “change is no longer a dreamy notion but a reality—and a responsibility,” Rolling Stone lists 100 people from all walks of society with “the power of making people think and making them move.” The top five:
  • Barack Obama: “He has
... More »

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Barack Obama • Google • Steve Jobs • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • Apple • Bono • Rolling Stone • Comedy Central • Jon Stewart • Stephen Colbert • pundits • change • President Obama

Shareholders Rage at Apple Board's Silence on Jobs

Apple board rebuffs requests for updates on CEO's health

Feb 25, 09 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 a hormone imbalance would sideline... More »

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Steve Jobs • CEO • shareholders • Apple • board of directors • hormonal imbalance

ANALYSIS

Inquiry Into Jobs' Health
Puts SEC in New Territory

Agency may set precedent on executive privacy

Jan 30, 09 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The Securities and Exchange Commission's inquiry into Apple’s disclosures on Steve Jobs’ health has the agency prying into perhaps the last remaining corner of executive privacy, Bloomberg reports. Securities law requires companies to reveal to shareholders information that could affect share price, but the health of executives has usually... More »

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Steve Jobs • investigation • health • CEO • Apple • SEC • inquiry

 Apple Harvests 
 Record Profit 

Holiday iPod sales surge defies Wall Street

Jan 22, 09 3:26 AM CST
(Newser) - A late surge in holiday iPod sales boosted Apple quarterly revenue and profits to a record high, reports the Los Angeles Times. Wall Street analysts had predicted a slump of up to 18% in Apple sales, but despite the recession, the company is reporting $1.61 billion in profits on... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • record sales • Mac • MacBook • iPods • what recession?

SEC Looking Into Apple's Health Disclosures on Jobs

Non-public inquiry doesn't necessarily indicate wrongdoing

Jan 21, 09 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The SEC is taking a long hard look at Apple’s disclosures about Steve Jobs’ health, a source tells Bloomberg. The inquiry isn’t supposed to be public knowledge, and doesn’t indicate that the SEC has seen evidence of wrongdoing. But the agency wants to be sure that Apple... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • SEC • financial disclosure

 Jobs Mulls Liver Transplant 

Ailing Apple founder claims not to get high interest level in his condition

Jan 16, 09 4:41 PM CST
(Newser) - With rumors rampant, Steve Jobs is considering a liver transplant. The Apple CEO’s announcement Wednesday that he’ll take a leave of absence to deal with his apparently deteriorating health has the rumor mill working 24/7, but he professes ignorance. Reached by phone, he asked a Bloomberg reporter, “... More »

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Steve Jobs • organ transplants • Apple • pancreatic cancer • liver transplants

Jobs May
Have Pancreas Removed

Surgery would require insulin treatment, with risk of diabetes

Jan 16, 09 7:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Apple’s ailing CEO, who announced a 5-month leave of absence yesterday, may have his pancreas removed, doctors say. Steve Jobs had parts of it removed during surgery after a 2004 cancer diagnosis; now it may be necessary to remove the entire organ to avoid pancreatic leak, a potential side... More »

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cancer • Steve Jobs • diabetes • Apple • pancreas • insulin

OPINION

Apple Needs to Tell the Truth About Jobs' Health

Firm's secrecy is a disservice to its investors

Jan 15, 09 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s possible, but not likely, that something truly changed in the days between Steve Jobs discounting his health issues as a “hormone imbalance” and deciding he needed to take a medical leave from Apple. That means, writes Joe Nocera in the New York Times, that America’s “... More »

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cancer • Steve Jobs • health • shareholders • Apple • computer

MARKET OPEN

 Banks Drive Stocks Down Early 

Investors see bad news everywhere in new data

Jan 15, 09 9:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Stocks dropped at the open today as a surprisingly good JPMorgan quarter struggled to offset other negative economic news, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow was off 108, despite Morgan's 4% surge, as Bank of America plummeted 15% after reports it would need more aid to close the Merrill... More »

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stock market • Steve Jobs • Bank of America • Apple • Merrill Lynch • Nasdaq • Dow • S&P 500 • JPMorgan Chase

Low-Key Jobs Stand-In Known for Steady Hand

Cook expected to keep Apple on solid course during CEO's absence

Jan 15, 09 2:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Steve Jobs' decision to take medical leave was no surprise to Apple-watchers, and neither is his choice of a replacement. Chief operating officer Tim Cook is a little-known name outside Silicon Valley, but his efficient, low-key approach and symbiotic relationship with Jobs over the last decade has helped transform Apple... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • pancreatic cancer • Tim Cook

 Health Forces Jobs 
 to Take Leave 
 From Apple 

Problems 'more complex than I originally thought,' founder says

Jan 14, 09 4:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Saying his much-publicized medical problems are “more complex than I originally thought,” Apple founder Steve Jobs is taking a leave from the computer giant through June, the Wall Street Journal reports this afternoon. The 53-year-old survivor of pancreatic cancer said last week he had a hormonal imbalance. Chief... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • pancreatic cancer • hormonal imbalance • Tim Cook • medical leave

OPINION


 To Save the News,
 Look to iTunes 

Model proves people will pay for what could be free

Jan 12, 09 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - People expect their news for free these days, but online advertising revenue isn’t enough to support major operations, David Carr writes in the New York Times. But there may be hope for the newspaper industry. A decade ago, people began getting their music illegally. Now, the convenience of iTunes... More »

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Steve Jobs • online advertising • Wall Street Journal • iTunes • subscribers • online newspapers • Consumer Reports • David Carr • newspaper industry

ANALYSIS

 MacWorld Snoozefest 
 Signals Apple's Decline 

Swansong keynote labeled the dullest tech talk since Vista's rollout

Jan 7, 09 2:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Apple's keynote address at the MacWorld expo yesterday felt a lot like the end of an era to those who managed to keep their eyes open during it, Dan Lyon writes in Newsweek. Marketing chief Phil Schiller's "almost unbearable" rollout of various new software features instead of thrilling announcements... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • Macintosh • Macworld • Phil Schiller

(Newser) - Hackers today attacked an Apple gossip site covering the Macworld convention and falsely reported Steve Jobs’ death on a live blog, CNET reports. The hack is likely the work of shadowy collective 4Chan, which is also responsible for the “Anonymous” attacks on Scientology. The attack, which included random insertions... More »

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Steve Jobs • hacker • Apple • Macintosh • Macworld • Anonymous • live blogging • 4Chan

ANALYSIS

 
 Jobs' 'Hormone Imbalance' 
 May Signal Cancer 

Survival rate for recurrence is 1 to 2 years

Jan 6, 09 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Steve Jobs’ statement revealing the “hormone imbalance” that’s caused his weight loss may point to a resurgence of cancer, the Los Angeles Times reports. Jobs survived a rare form of pancreatic cancer that’s less dangerous than the typical kind. But a reappearance of the tumor could suggest... More »

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cancer • Steve Jobs • Apple • hormones • tumor • pancreatic cancer • pancreas


 Jobs: 
 Hormone 
 Imbalance 
 Is Causing 
 Weight Loss 

(In other words: Stop saying I have cancer)

Jan 5, 09 8:16 AM CST
(AP) - Apple mastermind Steve Jobs, looking to silence whispers about his health, said today his doctors have discovered a hormonal imbalance that's causing his weight loss, reports the AP. Rumors have been flying since the increasingly gaunt-looking cancer survivor canceled his annual speech to the Macworld conference tomorrow. “The remedy... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • weight loss

ANALYSIS

 Apple Must Unveil 
 Post-Jobs Plans 

With company's fortunes inordinately tied to founder, confidence is at stake

Jan 5, 09 7:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Apple’s foot-dragging on revealing its succession plan should founder and CEO Steve Jobs die has become a drag on the company, Michael Hiltzik writes in the Los Angeles Times. “A corporate succession plan is like the Soviet Doomsday Machine in Dr Strangelove,” he writes after 2008 saw... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • iPod • Macworld

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