According to a news posted by Bloomberg, Apple is now the subject of an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. One could have thought it is related to some illegal usage of stock options rights, but no. Regulators are trying to determine whether the company misled investors about the health of CEO Steve Jobs, due to two consecutive public announcements. The first positive one during a special event where Steve Jobs was clearly stating that rumors about his health were overestimated. The second announcement came around the MWSF when Steve Jobs wrote to Apple's employees to recently announce he would take a medical leave of absence till June.
Of course the SEC does not want details about Steve Jobs health, but rather evaluate if Steve made a rather positive announcement end of 2008 claiming a treatable hormonal imbalance while he already knew that it was more serious and would require hi
