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- <text id=90TT0453>
- <title>
- Feb. 19, 1990: Business Notes:Computers
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Feb. 19, 1990 Starting Over
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 73
- Business Notes
- COMPUTERS
- Apple Loses Its Blush
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Only a year ago, Apple Computer was reveling in a sales
- surge as its Macintosh computers won wide acceptance for
- business applications. But Apple's blush has suddenly faded.
- Because of slowing sales, the company is expected to lay off
- as many as 800 of its 12,000 employees. Under pressure to
- revive growth, Apple President John Sculley has launched a
- top-management shake-up. Two weeks ago, he appointed Michael
- Spindler, who led the company's successful foray in Europe, as
- chief operating officer.
- </p>
- <p> Spindler's promotion, however, has produced hard feelings
- among other top officers. Apple announced the resignation of
- Allan Loren, head of the company's U.S. division, that same
- day. Another potential casualty: Jean-Louis Gassee, the
- colorful president of Apple Products. Sculley has already
- forced Gassee to transfer many of his job responsibilities to
- Spindler.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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