Steve Jobs Trumps CEO of $5 Trillion Economy: William Pesek
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Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Things are bad when a world leaderquitting registers less than a corporate executive. That’s whatNaoto Kan gets for bowing out the same week as Steve Jobs.
Markets reacted immediately to news of Jobs’s departurefrom Apple Inc.; there was barely a ripple after Kan cashed outand paved the way for Japan’s sixth prime minister in fiveyears. Since Jobs returned to Apple’s top spot in 1997, Japanhas had nine premiers. Next week, it will have yet another.