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Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces iPad 2. (Getty Images)
Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder and CEO, unveiled the second generation iPad tablet computer Wednesday in San Francisco.
Saying that the legion of tablet competitors that has sprung up have not even matched Gen I, Jobs, whose latest medical leave has raised speculation about the future of the company, said the new tablet is a total redesign. Get the full story »
Apple's chief operating officer Tim Cook, left, talks with CEO Steve Jobs, center, and Vice President Phil Schiller, right, at a meeting in Apple's Cupertino, Calif. headquarters in 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Shares of Apple dropped more than 2 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as rumors swirled that the company’s No. 2 executive was departing.
It was not immediately clear what caused Apple’s shares to fall, but unconfirmed speculation on the Internet said Tim Cook would leave Apple to join Hewlett-Packard Co, which is searching for a new CEO to replace Mark Hurd.
Representatives from Apple and Hewlett-Packard declined to comment, and analysts quickly dismissed the rumor. HP is holding its analyst meeting later Tuesday. Get the full story »
