Column: Apple’s Tight-Lipped CEO John Ternus Fails to Inspire

Just as the impact of rising memory costs is being partially offset — for Apple at least — by consumers not (yet) balking at price increases, Ternus had an opportunity to do some offsetting of his own by engaging in a little salesmanship.
Apple’s Tight-Lipped CEO John Ternus Fails to Inspirebloomberg.comApple Inc. investors and fans hoping to get an insight into the philosophy of new Chief Executive Officer John Ternus on Monday were left sorely disappointed. The 51-year-old’s first earnings call was a timid affair, with Ternus taking cover behind a carefully written script as analysts peppered him with questions.