Apple’s Steve Jobs announces health hiatus


Apple Inc. co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs said Jan. 14 he is taking a health hiatus until the end of June — just a week after the cancer survivor tried to assure investors and employees that his recent weight loss was caused by an easily treatable hormone deficiency. Apple's chief operating officer, Tim Cook, will take over Jobs' responsibilities while he is on leave, though Jobs said he plans to remain involved in major strategic decisions.

Jobs, 53, said in a letter a week earlier that he would remain at Apple's helm despite the problem and that he had begun treatment. But in an eMail to employees Jan. 14, Jobs said he had learned "that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought."

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