Apple shares turn negative on Jobs "rumor"

Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:16pm EST

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) fell as much as 2 percent on Tuesday after technology website Gizmodo reported a "rumor" that Chief Executive Steve Jobs's health was declining.

A spokesman for Apple declined to comment on the rumor. [Read More!]

Apple Announces Its Last Year at Macworld

CUPERTINO, California―December 16, 2008―Apple® today announced that this year is the last year the company will exhibit at Macworld Expo. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the opening keynote for this year’s Macworld Conference & Expo, and it will be Apple’s last keynote at the show. The keynote address will be held at Moscone West on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Macworld will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center January 5-9, 2009. [Read More!]

DECEMBER 16, 2008
Apple Loses Some Shine as Mac Sales Slow
Discounts Are Avoided Even as Rivals Slash Prices and Consumers Pull Back; Lower Estimates for 2009

By YUKARI IWATANI KANE and JUSTIN SCHECK

Even Apple Inc. is beginning to suffer in this year's dismal holiday season, and worries are mounting the recession will weigh on its business next year.

Apple, which has outpaced the overall personal computer market this year despite its strategy of eschewing discounts, showed its first signs of weakness in November. [Read More!]