i'm donna rosato. >> tom: we have for on the breaking news from apple. steve jobs has resigned effective immediately. jobs of course has been out on medical leave since mid january. in a letter to apple's board, jobs see he can no longer meet the duties and expectations as chief executive officer. he's 55 years old, the co-founder of apple. he was elected chairman of the board. the current number two at apple, tim cook, will take over as c.e.o., and of course we'll have under on this story tomorrow. that is "nightly business report" for this wednesday night, august 24. i'm tom hudson. have a great evening, suzive. >> susie: same to you tom. i'm susie gharib, thanks for watching everyone. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org be more. pbs.