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Apple: An ailing Jobs goes on leave

Apple CEO Steve Jobs last week said his health problems were “more complex” than he’d initially thought, prompting him to leave the company temporarily while he receives treatment, said Jessica Mintz in the Associated Press. Just a week earlier, Jobs had “tried to reassure investors” that his weight loss was caused by an easily treated hormone deficiency. Neither he nor Apple offered any specifics about his current ailment, but Jobs, 53, had surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2004, and in recent sightings he has appeared strikingly gaunt. Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, 48, will serve as acting CEO until Jobs’ scheduled return in June.

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