There is an article on CNN this morning about Google's Larry Page.
(CNN) -- Google will kick off its annual I/O developers' conference Wednesday in San Francisco, but CEO Larry Page won't be speaking there. He also was a no-show at Thursday's annual stockholders meeting and is expected to miss the company's quarterly earnings call next month.
There is no evidence that Page, who has long been reluctant to speak in public, is seriously ill. But four days later, Google has had nothing else to say on the matter, and analysts and bloggers are getting restless. News sites have speculated about Page's "mystery Illness," and Google's stock has been trending down since late last week.
"We have no specific reason to think there is anything more to Larry's condition, but we find it odd that the company would already rule him out of the 2Q call, which is likely still a few weeks away," said Doug Anmuth, an analyst at JP Morgan. "We think this could raise some questions among investors.
"We have absolutely no idea what is going on," said CNNMoney's assistant managing editor, Paul R. La Monica, in a video report Monday. "We can only hope that it's nothing serious, maybe just a really bad case of laryngitis, and he's under doctor's orders not to speak."
Observers point out that while Page's health may be a private matter, Google is a publicly traded company.
"There shouldn't be any mystery (here)," La Monica added. "Google should own up to whatever it is. ... It could stop, maybe, any rumors from going around."
What's wrong with Google's Larry Page? - CNN.com
Should CEO's of publicly traded companies, like Google, be legally required to disclose serious health concerns?
(CNN) -- Google will kick off its annual I/O developers' conference Wednesday in San Francisco, but CEO Larry Page won't be speaking there. He also was a no-show at Thursday's annual stockholders meeting and is expected to miss the company's quarterly earnings call next month.
There is no evidence that Page, who has long been reluctant to speak in public, is seriously ill. But four days later, Google has had nothing else to say on the matter, and analysts and bloggers are getting restless. News sites have speculated about Page's "mystery Illness," and Google's stock has been trending down since late last week.
"We have no specific reason to think there is anything more to Larry's condition, but we find it odd that the company would already rule him out of the 2Q call, which is likely still a few weeks away," said Doug Anmuth, an analyst at JP Morgan. "We think this could raise some questions among investors.
"We have absolutely no idea what is going on," said CNNMoney's assistant managing editor, Paul R. La Monica, in a video report Monday. "We can only hope that it's nothing serious, maybe just a really bad case of laryngitis, and he's under doctor's orders not to speak."
Observers point out that while Page's health may be a private matter, Google is a publicly traded company.
"There shouldn't be any mystery (here)," La Monica added. "Google should own up to whatever it is. ... It could stop, maybe, any rumors from going around."
What's wrong with Google's Larry Page? - CNN.com
Should CEO's of publicly traded companies, like Google, be legally required to disclose serious health concerns?
