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NEWS ABOUT: Steve Jobs

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(Newser) - More rumors regarding the health of Steve Jobs put a crimp in Apple's stock today, the Street reports. The company's stock had been trading in positive territory until the tech blog Gizmodo quoted an anonymous but "100% reliable" source as saying Jobs' health is "rapidly declining." After... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • rumor • stock price

Jobs Prepares
to Pass the Torch: Analyst

Apple icon's lower profile signals shift, regardless of health

Dec 18, 08 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Steve Jobs is moving slowly toward the exit, and the Apple CEO has assembled such a strong team that even the absence of the company's "irreplaceable face" won't spell disaster, reports Apple Insider. Jobs' decision to skip MacWorld Expo doesn't mean his health is worsening but is "a... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • Macworld • iPhone 3G • Phil Schiller

Apple to Quit Macworld Expo

Jobs won't be giving keynote address for company's last appearance next month

Dec 17, 08 3:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Apple shocked observers by announcing yesterday that its appearance at next month's Macworld Expo will be its last, Marketwatch reports. CEO Steve Jobs will not be giving a final keynote address at the San Francisco industry gathering where he has traditionally unveiled new products. The company's stock dived 5% following... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • Macintosh • Macworld • trade show

 Recession Bites Into Apple 

November sales down, stock falls

Dec 16, 08 4:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Even apparently recession-proof Apple is now beginning to show signs of strain, and some analysts are predicting a major slowdown for the computer giant next year, the Wall Street Journal reports. US sales of Macs last month declined 1% over a year ago, while PC sales rose 2%. One analyst... More »

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Steve Jobs • Dell • iPhone • Goldman Sachs • electronics • Apple • recession • retail sales • Mac • Wal-Mart • computers • MacBook • Hewlett-Packard

(AP) - Apple Inc. said its profit jumped 26% in its fiscal fourth quarter as the newest iPhone outsold the market-leading BlackBerry. Despite the blockbuster performance, which sent Apple's shares soaring in after-hours trading, the company issued what it called "prudent" predictions for the current quarter because of broader economic uncertainty. More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • earnings reports

Analysis

 Ceding Spotlight,
 Jobs Signals 
 His Departure 

Apple chief takes back seat on purpose at Macbook unveiling

Oct 15, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Steve Jobs is leaving Apple,” declares Jesus Diaz of Gizmodo. “Not tomorrow, but probably very soon.” That’s the conclusion Diaz drew from yesterday’s MacBook unveiling, which saw the rock star CEO for once cede the spotlight to his top lieutenants, as if to announce,... More »

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Steve Jobs • health • Apple • succession

New Mac Notebooks Weigh Less, Do More, Cost Same

iPhone style trackpad and better graphics cards spurred by consumer input

Oct 14, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Jobs rolled out redesigns of Apple’s MacBook line today, adding many desired features such as iPhone-type trackpads and better video cards, Ars Technica reports. A new entry into the line of flat-panel monitors was also unveiled. Though prices remain the same for each laptop (except the entry-level MacBook),... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • Macintosh • MacBook Air • multitouch • MacBook Pro • MacBook • redesign

ANALYSIS

 Apple Notebooks Set 
 for Upgrades, Price Drop 

Speculation centers on MacBook enhancements, a cheaper model

Oct 13, 08 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tomorrow, Apple will unveil its latest notebook incarnation—but what that will involve remains shrouded in secrecy, CNET reports. It’s likely to be some kind of major update to the 2-year-old MacBook line, perhaps a new graphics chipset and aluminum casing for the lower-end models. It could also be... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • laptop • Mac

ANALYSIS

iReport, But
Who Decides if It's Accurate?

Citizen reporting under fire after CNN site spreads Jobs rumor

Oct 4, 08 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bogus report about the health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reporters pointing fingers, investors fuming, and the SEC investigating, Greg Sandoval writes on CNET. The rumor, published by an armchair reporter on CNN's citizen journalism site, iReport.com, caused a brief 10% drop in Apple’s share price... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • CNN • Citizen journalism • iReport

 Apple Bats Down 
 Latest Jobs Death Rumor 

Report that CEO had heart attack is false, company says

Oct 3, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple again today was forced to quash rumors about the health of CEO Steve Jobs, refuting a report that the CEO had suffered a “major heart attack,” Bloomberg reports. Shares fell as much as 5.4% following a post on CNN’s citizen-journalist iReport site, but have since... More »

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Steve Jobs • shareholders • Apple • death • illness • heart attack • CNN • pancreatic cancer • iReport

 MySpace Elbows iTunes With New Music Service

Rival launches today

Sep 25, 08 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s iTunes meets its first serious challenge today with the launch of MySpace Music, CNET reports. The second-largest online social network has joined forces with Amazon and the world’s four biggest record labels to offer free streaming and paid downloads. The move also pitches media mogul and MySpace... More »

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Steve Jobs • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • music industry • iTunes • Apple • Sony • EMI • MP3 • Amazon • MySpace Music

Jobs, Execs Settle Suit on Backdated Apple Options

Tentative $14M deal will put an array of state and federal lawsuits to rest

Sep 11, 08 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple CEO Steve Jobs and several current and former execs have reached a tentative settlement on a shareholder lawsuit alleging they backdated stock options to boost their pay, the Wall Street Journal reports. Apple will receive $14 million in the deal, which would end a series of state and federal... More »

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Steve Jobs • shareholders • Apple • stock option backdating • civil lawsuits

Apple Touts New iPods, but Stock Stumbles

New gizmos thin—as
is Jobs, who pokes fun at alleged health crisis

Sep 9, 08 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Jobs unveiled an overhauled line of Apple gadgets today—thinner iPod Nano and Touch devices—and a shiny new deal with NBC, but not before spoofing reports of his poor health, Reuters notes. Borrowing a line from Mark Twain, the Apple chief and cancer survivor flashed a message on... More »

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Steve Jobs • NBC • Apple • iPod Nano • iTunes Store • iPod Touch

OPINION

What We'd Like Steve Jobs to Do Before He Dies

Leaked obit of Apple's still-living founder inspires wish list

Aug 29, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - No word from Steve Jobs on whether he made it through all 17 pages of his own obituary, published prematurely by Bloomberg on Wednesday, but news organizations all over have been having fun at Bloomberg's expense. Forbes went one step farther last night, posting a list of the five things... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • obituary

App Store Selling $1M
a Day: Jobs

'I've never seen anything like this,'
Apple boss says

Aug 11, 08 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The iPhone’s new App Store has exceeded the company’s wildest expectations, tallying up average sales of $1 million per day, Steve Jobs said today in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Apple’s on pace to make $360 million from the store this year. “... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • iPhone applications • iPhone 3G • App Store

OPINION

Rumors About Jobs' Health Hit Ghoulish Point

Speculation about Apple boss has crossed the line

Jul 23, 08 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Speculation about the state of Steve Jobs' health is reaching fever pitch, and the scramble to know more is over the top, Tom Krazit writes in CNET. Shareholders, concerned by the Apple CEO's recent weight loss and the fact that he once had pancreatic cancer, are calling for full disclosure.... More »

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Steve Jobs • CEO • shareholders • Apple • weight loss • pancreatic cancer

Apple Stock Dives Amid Jobs Health Rumors

Shares take a hammering despite robust 3Q results

Jul 22, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple reported one of its best third-quarter results ever yesterday, but its stock took a 17% nosedive amid rumors that CEO Steve Jobs is in poor health, reports the San Jose Mercury News. Jobs, who beat pancreatic cancer four years ago, appeared gaunt at a conference last month. Investors were... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • investors • Apple • stock

 UK Immigration Rules
 Would Exclude
 This Man 

Without college degree, Gates wouldn't qualify for visa aimed to bring skilled labor

Jul 16, 08 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Strict new immigration rules aimed at attracting highly skilled workers to Britain would keep tech icons Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell from getting top-tier visas, Bloomberg notes, because they don't have college degrees. "It's a dumbing-down,'' one opponent says. "If you're a 20-something American with... More »

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immigration • Steve Jobs • Bill Gates • immigration reform • Gordon Brown • college • Michael Dell • Britain • skilled labor • college graduates

iPhone Mania Gets Under Way Across Asia

Apple's upgraded phone goes on sale
in Japan, elsewhere

Jul 10, 08 9:54 PM CDT
(AP) - The new iPhone model went on sale in the Asia-Pacific region, with throngs at one Tokyo store counting down the last 30 seconds in unison. The celebration is part of a global rollout in 22 nations of the 3G, or third-generation, wireless connecting iPhone, an upgrade of the model that... More »

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technology • Steve Jobs • cell phones • iPhone • Apple • iPhone 3G

ANALYSIS

 What Will Apple
 Do After Jobs? 

Geniuses don't exactly grow on trees, analyst argues

Jul 3, 08 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - What happens to Apple post-Steve Jobs? That’s been the question since the iconic CEO appeared worn at the June Apple Developers Conference. And the answer isn’t easy, writes Brian Caulfield in Forbes. “It's not like you can say, 'Let's go find ourselves another genius,'” commented... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • corporate governance • succession

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