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Apple sold 37 million iPhones and 15.4 million iPads in its first quarter, ended Dec. 31. Apple is truly an amazing story of our own times. A man, Steve Jobs, had a vision. So what, you say, we all have visions. But Steve Jobs had something that few of us have, the sheer tenacity, dedication and will to make his vision happen. He saw a new kind of communication device, a device that would put you in communication with the entire planet or that would enable you to talk to your kids while you were communicating with the rest of the world.   The first quarter’s results Apples (AAPL) iPhone and iPod sales more than doubled from a year ago, far surpassing analyst expectations. “We would attribute it to just a breathtaking customer reception of the iPhone 4S,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook on a conference call. Apples first-quarter profit more than doubled to $13.1 billion, from $6 billion a year ago. Sales surged 73% to $46.3 billion from $26.7 billion for the same period. The results blew past Wall Street expectations for the company. Apple shares jumped almost 8% in after-hours trading, to $453.16. As to the good old Mac computer, Apples Mac sales didnt disappoint. The computer maker sold 5.2 million Macs in the quarter compared with 4.1 million a year ago. Apple projected $32.5 billion in revenue for its second quarter, slightly ahead of Thomson Reuters forecast.   The ‘I want’ gadget for all ages I am a senior, well in my ‘golden years’. I use a computer with old software, because it suits me and I know where to find everything after years and years of use. I tried a new computer and couldn’t cope with the advances. One day about a year ago I saw someone in a coffee shop using something I had never seen before. “It’s the latest thing,” he explained patiently. “It’s called an iPad.” I sat and watched him surfing around the world, looking at new headlines in far-off countries and watching his stocks on stock exchange sites in real time. I knew in an instant that this was not for me. I was wrong. It didn’t take more than 6 months for me to walk into a store and buy one. Today I don’t know how I managed without it. I am eyeing an iPhone as well, after years of swearing that my first generation steam-operated cell phone is all I need. If my 5 year old grandson can handle one why can’t I? That’s what Steve Jobs did for the world he lived in and for future worlds, he made devices for everyone   Apple is No. 1 It was reported Tuesday that Apple became the No. 1 semiconductor customer in 2011. Demand for Apples iPads and iPhones boosted its use of chips 34% from a year ago, catapulting it over Samsung and Hewlett-Packard, according to the researcher. Verizon (VZ) reported on Tuesday that the company activated 4.3 million iPhones in its fourth quarter.

A bill of sale is a legal document you need to sign in order to qualify for logbook loans.  It is important to understand how this works because you cannot borrow money without it.

Once the bill of sale is in place the lender can accept people with a bad credit history – you will NOT have to do a credit check.

A bill of sale is a legal document that evidences the transfer of title to personal property from a seller to a buyer.  It reports that at a specific time and place, for a certain amount of money or value received, the seller sold the personal property to the buyer, and that having lawful possession of the item he was legally entitled to do so.

The bill of sale document itself may have a general structure similar to this:

“For the sum of £10,000 I hereby sell to John Smith full ownership of a blue BMW car, registration number xxxxx. (signed)

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The rate of unemployment in United States has risen significantly in the last decade. Many Americans lost their jobs and are subsisting on the unemployment allowances or compensation provided by the federal government. But this amount is not sufficient enough to even meet the basic needs of unemployed people and their salaries.

For people with such circumstances, payday cash loans are ideal to fulfill their short term needs and are affordable to be paid with the next compensation amount. People can encounter financial emergencies at any time such as medical emergency or car damage or any other urgent expense and an additional amount would be a source of great relief for such people. This additional support can be given by payday lenders who can easily offer unemployed people an advance of $100 to $750 without asking them to undergo any credit check or faxing paperwork.

Unlike bank loans, payday advance can easily be applied online and the amount gets automatically deposited into the borrowers’ bank account in just a time frame of few hours. T

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According to a recent report by High Street banking giant HSBC, more than 350,000 homeowners are now in negative equity, as the property market continues experiencing turbulence. It is thought that up to 360,000 homeowners who purchased their homes in 2007 are now stuck in their homes to due being in negative equity. Plummeting property prices and restrictive lending have taken their toll on those who purchased homes just prior to the global financial crisis.

Officials from HSBC said that although not all of these homeowners were in negative equity as such, many were in a situation where they did not have enough equity in their homes to pay a 10 percent deposit on a new mortgage or home, pay stamp duty and deal with other moving costs.

First time buyers are said to have been affected particularly badly. Figures show that in 2007 the average deposit put down by first time buyers was 10 percent and with the average property price at that time being £160,000 this gave equity of £16,000. H

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Alleged victim loses everything The trial starts Thursday of a down-on-his-luck businessman Norman Glass, who stole another mans identity and made millions selling his victims assets to unsuspecting buyers.   Get-rich-quick scheme About six months ago Glass cooked up a get-rich-quick scheme after hearing about an American living in the UK, who owned a building lot as well as an apartment on 14^th Street. He began by assuming the identity of the property owner, a man named Kalev. Glass grew a beard and acquired a cane, a cap and the gait of a man 26 years his senior. He then created the documents that would enable Glass to present himself as Kalev. He began spending time outside the latters apartment building, where he collected Kalevs mail and absorbed whatever information he could find. He used a computer to create a high-quality forgery of Kalevs official identity card using Kalevs personal information and his own photograph. Read more…

According to Halifax, the average house price in the UK fell by 1.3% in the UK between November and December. This is higher than the previous decline of 0.9%, which was seen in previous months. As the prices have remained steady throughout 2011, the banks are reporting that they are predicting that the same thing will happen this year. This is obviously dependent on the UK being able to avoid recession.

The report showed that towards the end of 2011, the average house price in the UK was £160,063. It also showed that there were 6 monthly falls, 5 increases and one month where the average prices didn’t change. This is a positive step for the housing market, as it managed to hold its own even though the economic climate wasn’t exactly desirable.

So, what does this mean for people who are intending to buy in 2012? Well, hopefully it means that houses will be a bit more affordable, meaning it’s more likely the market will get going again. Now might be just the time to do a bit of window shopping!

Dear Dr. Don, I just inherited $100,000 from my dad’s estate. I would like to invest it in mutual funds, but will I always have to pay an annual fee of 1.25 percent for a management fee? Where do I invest, or can I invest so I’m not paying this out every year?

Dear Sandy, Inheritances often come at a steep price: the loss of a loved one. I’m sorry for your loss. Trying to reduce the drag that fees and expenses have on investment returns is a smart move, and there are ways to manage them when investing in mutual funds.

There are different types of asset management fees. If you’re working with a financial services professional, they may have a compensation model called assets under management, or AUM, in which you pay a percentage fee based on the size of the portfolio. It’s important to realize that your financial services professional needs to be compensated for his or her work, and that there are different compensation models besides AUM, and these models may be more or less expensive than AUM. T

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