“Apple Inc. will hold its annual meeting this week without Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs, his first absence since he reclaimed leadership of the company more than a decade ago,” Connie Guglielmo reports for Bloomberg.
“The Feb. 25 meeting — a day after Jobs’s 54th birthday — will give shareholders the opportunity to question executives and Apple’s directors, who have remained silent about the CEO’s health since he went on medical leave last month,” Guglielmo reports.
“Other than a 91-word statement on Jan. 5 offering Apple’s CEO ‘unwavering support’ as he started treatment for a hormone imbalance, the outside directors — including Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore — have been unreachable or declined to comment. Bloomberg News reported Jan. 16. that Jobs was considering a liver transplant as a result of complications after treatment for pancreatic cancer, according to people monitoring his illness. It is not known whether Jobs underwent that surgery,” Guglielmo reports.
MacDailyNews Take: Actually, what Bloomberg’s Connie Guglielmo, John Lauerman and Dina Bass, reported on January 16, 2009, really reported was, “Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is considering a liver transplant as a result of complications after treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2004, according to people who are monitoring his illness.” Guglielmo, Lauerman and Bass then quoted one Steven Brower, professor and chairman of surgery at Mercer University School of Medicine in Savannah, Georgia, as stating, “Neuroendocrine tumors that originate in the pancreas, as Jobs’s did, often spread to the liver. One option doctors have in these cases is to perform a liver transplant.” Guglielmo, Lauerman and Bass also mentioned in the same article that “Brower hasn’t treated Jobs and doesn’t know details of his condition.” Therefore, Jobs “might have to undergo a liver transplant” according to a doctor who “hasn’t treated Jobs and doesn’t know details of his condition.” By the way, back in August, you might remember, Bloomberg News mistakenly ran Steve Jobs’ obituary.
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MacDailyNews Take: Connie has real job security; if the local sewage plant ever needs a shit-stirrer or the zoo loses a vulture, she won’t even need to interview. Contact:
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Martin” for the heads up.]
