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Apple COO Tim Cook could be in line to replace Steve Jobs - Jan. 15, 2009
money.cnn.com - 1/15/2009
Apple COO Tim Cook could be in line to replace Steve Jobs - Jan. 15, 2009
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(Fortune Magazine) -- The man at the helm of Apple for the next six months while CEO Steve Jobs is on leave is an exacting executive who shares his boss' perfectionism and obsession with detail. Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, has run Apple before: four years ago when Jobs underwent ...

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bloomberg.com - 1/16/2009
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— bloomberg.com — Apple’s Jobs Said to Be Considering Liver Transplant (Update1) By Connie Guglielmo, John Lauerman and Dina Bass Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is considering a liver transplant as a result of complications after ... (more) Worldwide

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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 ... (more) Exclusive

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Steve Jobs Probably Won't Come Back to Apple
blog.wired.com - 1/15/2009
Steve Jobs Probably Won't Come Back to Apple
— blog.wired.com — Steve Jobs' medical leave from Apple is likely to be permanent, analysts say. In a letter to Apple staff on Wednesday, Jobs said he was taking a five-month medical leave because his health issues are "more complex than I originally ... (more) Steve Jobs Probably Won't Come Back to Apple

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Could Apple COO Tim Cook run the company someday?
MacDailyNews — ... according to a person who knows him well. 'That's something people have to get over. I see Steve there with gray hair in his 70s, long after I'm retired,'" Lashinsky reports. "In interviews with two dozen people who have dealt directly with Cook, a picture emerges that is reassuring if unanticipated. It turns out that although Cook and Jobs are in many ways opposites, the No. 2 exec is equally obsessive and exacting about his work," Lashinsky reports. The extensive full article is here .

Tim Cook getting a lot of attention today....
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — The day after he's been put in charge of the day-today work at Apple, Tim Cook is getting a lot of media attention.  Here's a quick rundown: The genius behind Steve Jobs - Fortune Is interim CEO on a trial run at Apple? MSN Apple’s Cook Pushes Staff in Lieu of Jobs’s Magic - Bloomeberg Tim Cook: A Steady Go-To Guide for Apple - Businessweek When Steve Jobs Met Tim Cook - WSJ Why Apple is in safe hands with Tim Cook - TechRadar   ...

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Far from ending the swirl of speculation about Steve Jobs' health, his announcement Wednesday that he would take a six-month medical leave only fueled suspicions that Apple hasn't come clean about the condition of its chief executive.