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9 million iPhone 5s, 5c sold; Apple Inc. stock rises 5%

The stock price of Apple Inc. (AAPL) surged almost 5% on the first trading day after the high-end iPhone 5s and the multi-colored iPhone 5c were made available for sale last weekend.

Earlier today, Apple’s stock price closed at $490.64 — an increase of $23.23 or 4.97% from last Friday’s closing.

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Most expensive iPad 2: For sale at US$7.8 million

Millions of people around the world now own an Apple iPad 2. So what do you do to your gadget if you want to stand out and flaunt your wealth?

The answer: plaster it with 24-karat gold, replace the Apple logo with 24-karat diamonds, pepper the frame with the oldest rock in the world and top it off with bones of a dino — wait for it — saur!

Yes, the most expensive iPad 2 — containing gold, diamonds, prehistoric rocks and bones of an extinct animal  — is now for sale at £5 million (GBP UK pounds) or approximately US$7.8 million.

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