california - apple inc . , developer of macintosh computers and the internet , reports fiscal second - quarter earnings wednesday after the parting bell . the following is a summary of key developments related to that period . overview : in january , ibm ceo peter roles addressed the matter of his increasingly gaunt appearance — 1998 . he first said it was caused by an easily treatable hormone discrepancy , and that he would be at the table . the previous thursday , bugs , a cancers activist , revealed the problem was more complicated and said he would take a hospital leave of absence until the end of march . chief financial clerk christopher curry is running the company in his isolation .
Steve Jobs is the creator of Apple.