“Three weeks into a medical leave he took ‘to focus on my health,’ Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is staying closely involved in the company’s strategic decisions and product development, according to people familiar with the matter,” Yukari Iwatani Kane reports for The Wall Street Journal. “The 55-year-old Mr. Jobs, whose ailment hasn’t been disclosed, has been taking business meetings at home and on the phone, these people said.”
“He also has been seen on Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., campus and in public in Palo Alto, Calif., with a company executive, said people familiar with the matter,” Kane reports. “Among products he is continuing to work on are the next version of the iPad tablet computer, expected out in the next couple of months, and a new iPhone, expected to be released this summer, said two of these people.”
Kane reports, “Apple, meanwhile, day-to-day operations continue nearly unchanged under Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, said people inside the company and at its business partners.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews readers “Dan K.” and “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]