Apple Execs Stay Mum on Jobs’s Health
Apple executives offered no new information about the health of CEO Steve Jobs during the company's first-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, which came as a report surfaced that U.S. regulators are reviewing Apple's public statements about his medical issues.
Jobs said last week that he would take a leave of absence until the end of June for medical reasons. He said his condition is "more complex" than he thought when he revealed on Jan. 5 that his recent weight loss was the result of a hormone imbalance. Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook is managing Apple's day-to-day operations in Jobs's absence.
"Steve is CEO of Apple and plans to remain involved in major strategic decisions, and Tim will be responsible for day-to-day" operations, Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO, said during Wednesday's conference call, essentially repeating what the company said last week.
