Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO
Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose
gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers
who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated
hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.
The
news sent Apple stock up more than 4 percent on a down day for much of
the market. But Jobs did not say whether the problem was related to the
cancer.
At Apple, Jobs has presided over a decade of huge
success. His mix of secrecy and high-design principles, seen in the
rollouts of new Mac computers, the iPod music player and the iPhone,
has become a trademark. [AP]