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The death of Apple CEO Steve Jobs prompted Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to each react with sadness and condolences on their Google+ accounts late Wednesday night.

Historically, the sudden death of an active chief executive or chairman can prompt a sudden (and usually short-term) impact on a company’s underlying stock price – either positive and negative, depending upon various circumstances.

The death of Steve Jobs, 56, Wednesday marked the end of a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. Despite his highly publicized struggle, Jobs never failed to inspire and enrich those around him. In 2005, Steve Jobs' commencement speech inspired a crowd of young Stanford University graduates.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs died on Wednesday. He was 56.

Give Steve Jobs credit: while nobody can possibly know how Apple will fare without its co-founder and Chairman, the company has a qualified CEO and management team. In Silicon Valley these days, that's a major difference.

Apple wouldn't be Apple without CEO Steve Jobs and the products he created in his time leading the company. His products were legendary, and to this day many of them affect the way we live our lives.

Steve Jobs, the visionary behind Apple's iPhone and a host of other iDevices died peacefully on Wednesday surrounded by his family, a release from his family stated.

Apple's co-founder and visionary, Steve Jobs, has passed away aged 56 after losing a fierce battle against pancreatic cancer.

On the night Apple chairman and founder Steve Jobs died, users took to Twitter to express their sympathies and thoughts of the late Apple head.

Apple has dedicated its homepage to Steve Jobs following his death on Wednesday at age 56.

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues.

Tim Cook mourns Steve Jobs' death in an email Apple employees.

Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs sadly passed away at the age of 56 on Wednesday night after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Steve Jobs is dead, but Studiocom was already preparing a day in his honor on October 14, the day of the iPhone 4S launch.

Sprint has confirmed an unlimited data plan for the iPhone 4S.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, whose inventions/projects at Apple have shaped how we live, work, and play, passed away Wednesday at the age of 56. Arguably the greatest inventor of the post-World War II computer age, Jobs created innovative, utilitarian, and cool products -- including the Mac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

Jobs leaves a proud legacy at Apple

Jobs leaves behind an enormous legacy unmatched in the U.S. technology sector.

Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and former CEO, died on Wednesday, at the age of 56.

Steve Jobs, technological revolutionary and co-founder of Apple, died today at age 56 after long illness.

Apple has announced on Wednesday that its co-founder Steve Jobs is dead after a long public battle with cancer and other health problems.