Apple under investigation over heath disclosures
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly investigating the circumstances around the announcement that Steve Jobs was taking a leave of absence from the company.
Bloomberg is reporting that the SEC is reviewing the sequence of events around the announcement to make sure investors weren’t misled. Shares rose after Jobs announced he was suffering from a simple hormone imbalance but then fell when he announced his leave of absence shortly afterwards.
“The good news flipped by the bad news makes one wonder what Apple knew,” said James Cox, a law professor at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. “It’s not surprising for the SEC to come in and look afterward, given the pressure and publicity regarding their handling of a lot of cases,” such as criticism of the SEC’s response to Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
