BizJournals Portfolio
Jan 14 2009 5:40pm EDT

Last Bytes: Apple, Nortel, Gmail

Steve Jobs plans to take a medical leave of absence until June. [Portfolio.com]

John Carney at Clusterstock expects news of his health will prompt shareholder lawsuits. [SAI]

Nortel Networks filed for bankruptcy protection today after facing a sharp dorp in orders from phone companies. [Associated Press]

Gmail is gaining on AOL Mail and Hotmail in the number of monthly unique visitors. [TechCrunch]


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Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.

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