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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 will oversee the company while Jobs takes ...
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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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Steve Jobs Probably Won't Come Back to Apple
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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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Lyons: The Media's Rotten Reporting on Apple | Newsweek Daniel Lyons | Techtonic Shifts
— newsweek.com — For the past six months Steve Jobs has been looking terribly ill. But only this week did... Apple finally acknowledge that Jobs isn't doing well, when the company announced that Jobs would take a leave for six months. Some suggest the company has misled ... (more) Lyons: The Media's Rotten Reporting on Apple | Newsweek ...

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TheAppleBlog:  In His Stead: A Look at Tim Cook and What He Means for Apple

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In His Stead: A Look at Tim Cook and What He Means for Apple
TheAppleBlog — By now, you’ll all have heard about Steve Jobs’ decision to take a temporary leave of absence in the face of growing health concerns, and you’ll also likely have have heard that Apple COO Tim Cook will be stepping in as acting CEO while he’s away. In the wake of the significant losses Apple’s stock prices have taken, ...

Former Apple Exec: Tim Cook's Been Running The Company For Years (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider — Good news for Apple (AAPL) shareholders worried about how employees will react to new leadership while CEO Steve Jobs convalesces till June: Apple employees aren't getting new leadership. Not really, former Apple executive Mike Janes, who used to run the online Apple Store, told Bloomberg: 'Steve is the public face of Apple and nothing beats when he goes out and says, Ta-da,' but at the end of the day, someone has to take all those amazing product designs and turn them into that big pile of cash you see in the company's bank account. That's Tim." ...

QOTD
Digital Daily — QOTD Steve is the public face of Apple and nothing beats when he goes out and says, ‘Ta-da.’ But at the end of the day, someone has to take all those amazing product designs and turn them into that big pile of cash you see in the company’s bank account. That’s Tim.” – Former Apple exec Mike Janes on company COO Tim Cook, who will run Apple while CEO Steve Jobs takes medical leave ...

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   More from Macsurfer ...

For Steve Jobs, we expect One More Thing
Infinite Loop — Being the CEO of a publicly traded, massively popular company means that your privacy pretty much gets thrown out the window, even that hallmark of personal privacy: your medical history. Reporters chase after Jobs' medical privacy and spin tales about it in ways they hope never get applied to them. The current three-ring circus started after Jobs updated the public on his health, ...

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