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Steve Jobs Liver Transplant

Posted on Jun. 20, 2009 by Lindsay Britney

(FILE PHOTO)  Apple CEO Steve Jobs Announces Illness

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, a pancreas cancer survivor, had a liver transplant in Tennessee around in April, according to Wall Street Journal. In January Times speculated that Jobs might undergo a pancreas remove surgery when he announced to take a  medical leave to be ended on June 30 for an undisclosed medical condition. WSJ, which did not name any source in their report, said Steve has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule at the end of this month. He may work part-time initially, the newspaper noted.

Neither Jobs nor company spokeswoman Katie Cotton confirmed if the co-founder of Apple Inc. had indeed undertaken a liver transplant. Steves was yet to respond to an email requesting comment while Ms. Cotton said, “Steve continues to look forward to returning at the end of June, and there’s nothing further to say.”

Ed Whitacre New GM CEO

Posted on Jun. 09, 2009 by Lindsay Britney

Ed Whitacre, former AT&T chairman, was picked as the new CEO and Chairman of ailing General Motors. Whitacre, 67, will take control of the US. No.1 automaker, which has filed for bankruptcy protection and is expected to be  restructured in a few months, this summer.

CEO Ed Whitacre Delivers Keynote At Consumer Electronics Show
New GM CEO Ed Whitacre

“The appointment of Ed Whitacre as chairman represents a very auspicious beginning for the New GM,” Interim chairman Kent Kresa said in a statement. “We look forward to working with him to complete the reinvention of GM and maximize the enormous potential of this new enterprise.”

Kresa will continue to serve as GM’s current CEO and Chairman until Ed Whitacre takes his position months later. Source

Steve Jobs Medical Leave of Absence for Half Year

Posted on Jan. 15, 2009 by Lindsay Britney

apple ceo steve jobs pic

Due to his health ”more complex than he originally thought”, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has decided to take a six-month-long medical leave of absence ending on June 30.  Times speculated Mr. Jobs who survived a prancrea cancer in 2005 might go to undergo surgery to remove his pancreas. As this is a matter of privacy, we did not speculate anythig concerning with Jobs, but wish him all the best.