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Roughly four years after returning to Apple, Steve Jobs had set the company on course for one of the most remarkable comebacks in Silicon Valley history but says he felt underappreciated by his board of directors and as a result asked for a sizable stock grant that would later play a major role in the company's widely publicized option-backdating scandal.

Steve Jobs testifies to feeling underappreciated by Apple board

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Asked Wednesday about his company's exclusive relationship with AT&T -- cited by some as a barrier to further iPhone penetration -- Apple interim chief Tim Cook responded by praising the carrier as 'the best wireless provider in the US,' explaining that its GSM foundation gels with Apple's goal of providing 'one phone for the entire world' while rival CDMA technology 'doesn't really have a life to it.'

Apple happy with AT&T, indicates no plans for CDMA iPhone

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Word on the street is that Apple will once again beat Wall Street soothsayers' divinations when it announces its quarterly financial results Wednesday. The rumor is, Apple's going to exceed expectations significantly on this call, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at The Enderle Group, told MacNewsWorld. It's the first time I've heard this kind of buzz in a long time.

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