“At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health.”

—STEVE JOBS, co-founder and CEO of Apple and a pancreatic cancer survivor who received a liver transplant in 2009, in an email to employees on Jan. 17. Photos of Jobs outside Palo Alto's Stanford Cancer Center appeared online Thursday, prompting speculation about his prognosis [via RadarOnline.com]

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