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Rumor Report: Apple's New Textbook Business

By Tamara Rutter | More Articles
January 12, 2012 | Comments (0)

At The Motley Fool, we know our readers like to be informed. Here's a quick look at today's most relevant financial news, boiled down to what you need to know. In today's video, we cover the following:

  • Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO  ) found traces of an unapproved fungicide in its orange juice and the juice of a competitor.
  • Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL  ) will hold a press event next week, where some believe it may reveal details of a digital textbook venture.
  • Xbox maker Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT  ) is investigating a mass suicide attempt at one of its Xbox assembly plants in China.

The Steve Jobs Betrayal
You may already know that in the final year of his life, Jobs revealed a stunning betrayal — and told his biographer, "I will spend my last dying breath... and every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank to right this wrong." What was it that made Jobs so irate — and why could it make a few in-the-know investors some major profits over the coming months and years?

Enter your email address below to find out what made Jobs so enraged!

Fool contributor Tamara Rutter owns shares of Apple and PepsiCo. Follow her on Twitter for more Foolish news @TamaraRutter. The Motley Fool owns shares of Microsoft, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Apple. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Apple, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo, as well as creating a diagonal call position in PepsiCo and bull call spread positions in Microsoft and Apple. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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