On Monday, an article in the New York Post has reopened the debate about Steve Jobs allegedly health problems.Quoting an unnamed Wall Street source, the New York Post said that Apple's hedge fund investors are very worried after Steve Jobs appearance at MacWorld 2008.

In June, Apple downplayed the rumors rumors and speculations regarding Steve Jobs’ health. The company has issued a statement saying that he was affected by “a common bug”. Apple’s spokesperson noted that he had received antibiotics as treatment and is now recovering. After his speech at WWDC, some major news sites and various blogs have commented about Job’s physical appearance. Apple’s CEO appears to have lost some weight and he looked a little pale.

But since then the company didn’t provide any other update on Jobs’ health. The New York Post noted also that other people who have met with Jobs in the weeks surrounding the introduction of the iPhone 3G on July 11, said they came away troubled by his thin appearance.
Jobs’ health is a reason of concern, because he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October 2003, but Apple did not announce the illness until nine months later, in July next year. Jobs underwent a successful surgery in August 2004.

Jobs is considered by many analysts as the man who saved Apple, after he returned to the company in 1996. Jobs, who co-founded Apple, resigned in 1985. But he returned as CEO when Apple bought his company, NeXT. He became Apple’s permanent CEO in 2000.

Since his return, Steve Jobs has been involved in all Apple major achievements such as the launch of iPod and iTunes and the company’s transition to Intel-powered Macs. In 2006, after Job’s speech also at WWDC, several news sites reported that he has health problems, but Apple dismissed the information as rumors.

However, late Monday Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 third quarter ended June 28, 2008.  Apple posted revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $5.41 billion and net quarterly profit of $818 million, or $.92 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 34.8 percent, down from 36.9 percent in the year-ago quarter.

International sales accounted for 42 percent of the quarter’s revenue. During the last quarter Apple shipped 2,496,000 Macintosh computers and 11,011,000 iPods. Quarterly iPhone units sold were 717,000 compared to 270,000 in the year-ago-quarter.

However, in unofficial trading after the close of the stockmarket, Apple's shares slumped by 11% to $148.