The company's stock sank from about $88 to $84.72 within minutes of the report, which cited an anonymous source and was posted on the Gizmodo technology website. The shares then recouped about half of their loss to finish the trading session at $86.29, down 32 cents for the day.
The Apple co-founder, who is 53, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003 but has said he was cured with surgery. As The Times reported Dec. 17, however, “Appearances over the summer, in which Jobs looked unusually thin and drawn, renewed questions about his health."
Rumors flared again this month after Apple said Jobs wouldn't deliver the keynote address at January's Macworld Conference & Expo, the venue the company has used for more than a decade to unveil products.
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Apple Shares Drop as Jobs Health Rumors Resurface
The company refuses to comment on Web report. The stock is down 56% for the year. Shares of Apple Inc. were on their way to a gain Tuesday when a website reported that Chief Executive Steve Jobs was in “rapidly declining" health.
