The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, who has denied that his government attacked civilians with chemical weapons on Aug. 21, reiterated that denial to the American people on Sunday morning via the television interviewer Charlie Rose. ()* The handset market is so brutally competitive that Apple Inc, the most successful smartphone maker, is preparing to step up its game this week by offering two new iPhones instead of one. At an event on Tuesday at its Cupertino, California, headquarters, the company is set to unveil for customers worldwide a new iPhone with a faster processor, along with another model that will be sold at a lower cost. ()
Apple Inc. (Apple) designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players, and a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Shares of AAPL traded higher by 0.6% or $2.95/share to $498.22. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $385.10 and as high as $705.07. On average, 12049900 shares of AAPL exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 12840179.
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