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Article Source: GawkerJobs took a leave of absence in January, handing control of Apple's day-to-day over to COO Tim Cook after publicly disclosing that he had a "hormone imbalance" that was "robbing" Jobs of his body's healthy proteins. Which sounds nothing like what causes one to get their liver removed.
Apple really needs to be seriously investigated by the SEC for fraud for lying to their shareholders about the health of Jobs.
Though it's hardly a surprise that an anti-consumer company like Apple is also largely anti-shareholder. Anything to keep the stock price up, right guys? No accountability here, just move along.
#1 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:44 PM EDTYea, I also wouldn't want my private medical procedures to be made public either. Especially when we're talking about a company that is still pumping out great product.
Is there some law or regulation that requires CEO's to disclose their medical records? If not then there isn't anything to investigate.
The fact is if this was Steve Ballmer or Michael Dell, no one would really care beyond the idea they've stepped down for a couple months.
@FDBryant3, actually, hippa allows for complete medical confidentiality even for high level executives.
Anyone who thought taking a six months leave was for a minor health issue wasn't considering the personality of Jobs. He doesn't give up control of ANYTHING easily.
Apple will continue to function well even when Jobs is gone. The company has the right to protect itself from the overreaction of people who think the company relies too heavily on Jobs.
-Rob
Heh, and PWT leads with a sensational headline about Apple, again.
What, pray tell, did Apple lie about?
This should be amusing.
I'll be interested in hearing the Apple representative who ever denied that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant.
As far as I'm aware, they said he'd be back in 6 months, and given that he's got 10 days to make good on that expectation, it's interesting to see the psychic claim that they lied.
All of that is to say:
Reported as inaccurate. The headline isn't supported by the seeded story.
It's funny how an article that fails to even hint at a source (the WSJ article doesn't even go as far to say something like "according to a source...") gets repeated as gospel. The NYT, Bloomberg, BBC, ABC News, etc. have all repeated the story, citing only the WSJ. I find it interesting that we've gotten to the point where verifyable sources are no longer required.
#2 - Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:56 AM EDTIncidentally, the surgeon that performed the transplant said that Steve had a really nice gooey interface.
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