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Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on February 25, 2011 at 1:00 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Only 35 Percent of Companies Have a Succession Plan and Apple Is One of Them

John Paczkowski in News on February 7, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Apple may not want to disclose its CEO succession plan, but at least it has one. Which is more than you can say for quite a few other companies.

ISS Calls for Apple CEO Succession Plan

John Paczkowski in News on February 4, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Apple doesn’t want to divulge its executive succession plan, but it may soon have to. With CEO Steve Jobs on indefinite medical leave for an undisclosed condition and the company’s annual meeting scheduled for Feb. 23, support is growing for a shareholder proposal that would require Apple to explain what it plans to do should Jobs step down.

Apple Opposes Proposal on CEO Succession Planning

John Paczkowski in News on January 7, 2011 at 9:45 am PT

A few noteworthy nuggets from Apple’s 2011 Proxy Statement, filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The most interesting, a strongly worded rebuttal to a shareholder proposal calling on the company to adopt a written CEO-succession-planning policy.

Apple Investors: "Philnote" Just Doesn't Have the Same Ring to It

John Paczkowski in News on December 16, 2008 at 3:45 pm PT

Told that Macworld Expo 2009 will be Apple’s last, and the first that CEO Steve Jobs does not keynote, investors behaved much as you’d imagine, dragging the company’s shares into the mud in after-hours trading. Fueling the panic: obvious concerns about Jobs’s well-being. And, of course, speculation that Macworld is likely to disappoint devotees hoping for the introduction of some insanely great new product. But would Apple really send Senior VP Phil Schiller out onto the Macworld stage without a cool new product to introduce?

Apple Investors: “Philnote” Just Doesn’t Have the Same Ring to It

John Paczkowski in News on December 16, 2008 at 3:45 pm PT

Told that Macworld Expo 2009 will be Apple’s last, and the first that CEO Steve Jobs does not keynote, investors behaved much as you’d imagine, dragging the company’s shares into the mud in after-hours trading. Fueling the panic: obvious concerns about Jobs’s well-being. And, of course, speculation that Macworld is likely to disappoint devotees hoping for the introduction of some insanely great new product. But would Apple really send Senior VP Phil Schiller out onto the Macworld stage without a cool new product to introduce?