Tag Archives: Steve Jobs

I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif. I hoped he would be rich and kind and would come into our lives (and our not yet furnished apartment) and help us. Later, after I’d met my ... Read More »

In one of the most hotly-anticipated biographies of the year, “Steve Jobs,” author Walter Isaacson reveals that the Apple CEO offered to design political ads for President Obama’s 2012 campaign despite being highly critical of the administration’s policies and that Jobs refused potentially life-saving surgery on his pancreatic cancer because he felt it was too invasive. Nine months later, he ... Read More »

The most valued company in the world seems to have lost its bling-bling, Steve Jobs. Naturally, its stocks took the damage and fell by 5%.  After closing at $376.18, Apple stock has fallen 5 percent to $357.02 as of 7:59ET, according to NASDAQ on Aug 24th. Today though it seems flat without much change. Steve Jobs resigned as Apple’s CEO ... Read More »

I came around a weird information about Apple CEO Steve Jobs health and his rare medical leave of absence via Yahoo. Its rumored that he might live just another 6 weeks as he is suffering with pancreatic cancer. Hell, this is very sensitive info and i hope it is false. The information was reported in Yahoo, and it continues below ... Read More »

Apple Inc.’s 78 percent surge in profit, buoyed by holiday purchases of iPads, iPhones and Mac computers, helped allay concerns about the company’s prospects as Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs takes medical leave. Net income in the fiscal first quarter rose to $6 billion, or $6.43 a share, from $3.38 billion, or $3.67, a year earlier, Apple said yesterday in ... Read More »

Looks like investors believe that Steve Jobs is the iron hand that holds the Apple together and without him Apple would really hit the floor. Apple Inc. shares fell 4.4% in early trading Tuesday, erasing about $15 billion in market value, after the consumer-electronics company disclosed that company visionary Chief Executive Steve Jobs would take another medical leave. Few CEOs ... Read More »