NEW YORK (AP) — Beware the new iPad, not because it’s an inferior product, but because it’s a superior one. Using one is like living the life of a millionaire for a day, then getting dumped back in your regular life. Your eyes are now opened to how miserable your existence is.

The big culprit here is its stunner screen. It has four times the resolution of the previous models. That’s a big, big jump, which makes text and high-resolution images look amazingly sharp and clear. High-definition movies look amazingly detailed.

At first, I wasn’t that excited about the prospect of a high-resolution screen. For the past year and a half, I’ve read scores of books and more newspaper articles than I can count on the original iPad and the iPad 2.

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After the recent economic upheaval of 2008, debt in America came to the frontier in an unusual manner. At this instance, the entire financial system seemed to be on the verge of complete degeneration. The period of economic turmoil resulted in a phase of low cash flow for businesses. As a result, more and more businesses started getting into the cycle of debt. If you’re in a similar situation and facing problems in handling your business debt, a business debt consolidation program may prove to be quite helpful. However, if you fail to make your payments, your creditors may hand over your accounts to a debt collection agency. A collection agency’s work is to contact you when a debt remains due for a certain period of time. However, they cannot threaten you, talk to you in abusive language, or make demands that go against your rights as a consumer. Read all post…

INTERNATIONAL. The United Nations relief chief Valerie Amos announced today that she will visit the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Wednesday to urge all parties to the conflict to allow unhindered access for aid workers to evacuate the wounded and deliver essential humanitarian supplies.

“The Syrian authorities have confirmed that I can visit Syria this week. I will arrive in Damascus on Wednesday 7 March and leave on Friday 9 March,” Ms. Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said in a statement.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last month asked Ms. Amos, who is also the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, to visit Syria to assess the humanitarian situation there and renew the call for urgent humanitarian access

However, Syrian authorities delayed permission for her trip, prompting the Security Council and Mr. Ban

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With all of the controversial discussions surrounding the new Chevy Volt as of late, Chevrolet has fired back with a national “Just the Facts” television campaign that simply aims to educate those with a resistance toward the innovative electric vehicle. Providing the elegant soundtrack to the informational retort is Portland-based recording artist, Tyler Stenson, and his original song, We Grow.

Within the 30-second TV spot by Chevrolet the viewer receives the basic facts about the new Chevy Volt in a clear and concise manner. However, nestled softly in the background and easing the otherwise info-heavy sequence is a pleasantly original composition by Tyler Stenson, a prolific recording artist that has been twice-named “Songwriter of the Year” by the Portland Songwriters Association and “Best Male Artist” at the 2011 Portland Music Awards.

“Although Chevy used the instrumental version of my lyrical song, it was still a perfect fit because of the song’s original intent,” says Stenson about his recent licensing opportunity. “This is a song a

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UK is one country where domiciliary care is an industry with many companies involved with providing care to individuals by sending home care employees to homes of people. But as the owners of such companies age up, they find it difficult to manage all operations that can be really daunting for them. An aging population means more old people sitting at home requiring medical care at home so the business opportunities remain though the owner wants to get rid of his company as he cannot take the rigors of operations any more. This has meant that there are always domiciliary care business sales as owners aging up desiring to take their profit and sell the company to someone younger.

If you are a current owner interested in selling your concern providing home care, you must make sure that you have the financial statements of the concern ready to let the prospective customers have a glimpse at the profitability of your home care business.

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SHANGHAI — The lawyer for a Chinese company suing Apple in China over its use of the iPad trademark indicated Tuesday that his client would be willing to discuss a settlement.

Xie Xianghui, lawyer for Shenzhen Proview Technology, said that since no final decisions have been reached in various legal disputes over the issue, both sides are “still able to sit together and reach an out-of-court settlement.”

Proview claims ownership over the iPad name. Apple says it bought the rights to the name in China and other countries in 2009, but that Proview failed to transfer the rights in mainland China as agreed.

Apple had no comment on the issue of a settlement. Spokeswoman Carolyn Wu, reiterated the company’s belief Proview has failed to honor its agreement with Apple.

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SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi Arabia can meet any future world oil shortages thanks to massive investment, and its rising gas output will mean crude exports will not be affected by booming domestic energy demand, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Monday.

Growing tension between Iran and the West over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme has led to fears of a disruption in oil supplies from the Middle East Gulf.

The United States and European Union have raised pressure on Iran with sanctions and a ban on Iranian oil, while Tehran has said it may cut off supplies to some unspecified countries.

Saudi Arabia is best placed to make up for any shortfall in oil supply.

“I would like to state for the record, here in London, that the kingdom will continue to be a reliable, steady and dependable supplier of energy to the world,” Naimi told an oil conference.

He dismissed concerns that demand from within Saudi Arabia would limit the amount of oil available for export.

“Saudi Arabia’s domestic growth will not impact on exports now or in the future – of this I am very confident,” he said.

The world’s top crude exporter is already burning more than 10 percent of its output in power plants on hot summer days, and fuel subsidies are exacerbating a demand boom that is increasing consumption of the world’s largest oil reserves.

Official data shows Saudi oil consumption rose by more than 5 percent a year between 2003 and 2010 to an average of 2.4 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2010.

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