KilJaden Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 October 3, 2008 (Computerworld) Reports early Friday that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a major heart attack briefly sent company shares sliding, but prices rebounded after Apple denied that Jobs had been hospitalized.Shares fell by more than 10% almost immediately after someone posted a report on a CNN user-content site claiming that Jobs had been rushed to a hospital after a heart attack. The piece on CNN's iReport.com, an unfiltered site that welcomes posts from "citizen journalists," cited an anonymous source who claimed that paramedics had been called after Jobs suffered "severe chest pains and shortness of breath." The report has been yanked from iReport.com. Apple quickly denied the report, telling reporters that the account was "not true." The company's stock took a dive on the news, dropping from its morning high of $106.19 to as low as $94.65, a fall of 10.9%. The brief dip under $100 was the first time since May 2007 that Apple's share price has slipped under that mark. Apple's shares rebounded later Friday. As of about 12:30 p.m. EDT, shares were at $104.47. Jobs' health has been an on-and-off concern on the part of some investors since June, when he appeared gaunt at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference. His appearance then fueled speculation that he was again ill. In August 2004, Jobs announced he had had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his pancreas. In August, the Bloomberg financial news service inadvertently posted Jobs' obituary. News organizations typically write obituaries of notables while they're still alive and regularly update them so that the stories are quickly available. At the time, Apple's stock fell slightly but, as it did today, later rebounded.Orininal Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearoninternet Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Rumor. :dance2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 lol yea... what is the SEC going to do about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 lol yea... what is the SEC going to do about it?if it wasnt done to actually take advanage of the stock then its not illegal and SEC cant do anything. now applye and the jackazz Job can sue if they really want too though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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