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Talk of the day: Across the big pond, apple's iphone to call

By Times Staff Writer
Published September 19, 2007

LONDON

Apple Inc.'s iPhone will go on sale in Britain on Nov. 9 exclusively through mobile operator O2, marking the first time the combination cell phone-iPod media player will be available outside the United States. The 8-gigabyte model will be offered for 269 pounds, or $536 - or $139 more expensive than what Apple now charges in the United States. The British iPhone has the same technical specifications as the U.S. model, but the price includes the U.K.'s value-added tax. CEO Steve Jobs declined to disclose the terms or duration of the agreement with O2. The iPhone will be sold in Britain through Apple stores, O2 retail outlets and the Carphone Warehouse PLC. The announcement spurred speculation about further launches in Europe, but Jobs declined to comment.

Greenspan's book tops O.J., Harry

And you thought economics was boring? Alan Greenspan's new memoir topped the best-seller list at Amazon.com Inc. for a second day as the former Federal Reserve chairman showed that people still want to hear what he has to say. The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, which went on sale Monday, was ranked ahead of O.J. Simpson's book, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer, and the last Harry Potter book by J.K. Rowling on Amazon.com, the world's largest Internet retailer. Greenspan, 81, led the Fed for 18 years until January 2006, and is widely considered to have played a major role in engineering the 1991-2001 economic expansion, the longest in U.S. history.

Want a big raise? Become a lawyer.

For most of us, getting any kind of raise - even if it's just $25 a week - is a good thing. It's too bad, though, we all didn't go to law school. Chief company lawyers' pay rose 14 percent this year, according to a new survey by legal management consultant Altman Weil Inc. Total median pay for chief legal officers was $457,000, according to the survey, which was also conducted by LexisNexis, a division of publisher Reed Elsevier PLC. Salaries rose 5.8 percent to $300,000 and bonuses went up 43 percent to $157,000.

Dude, where'd I park my wallet?

Have you ever withdrawn $60 from the ATM on Monday, only to find your wallet empty by Friday with nothing to show for it? You're not alone. Nearly half of Americans say they lose track of about a third of their cash in typical week, a new survey by Visa has found. "When you start thinking about how much you take out and how much you end up with at the end of the week, it's not that surprising," said Visa spokesman Wayne Best. Men under age 35 are the worst at monitoring spending, failing to account for more than $3,000 a year on average.

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