What is more, investors could reverse course and cancel planned withdrawal payments they are due that are scheduled for later in the year.

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The payments are part of an effort to reverse a 37 percent drop in Apple's stock price during the past seven months amid intensifying concerns about the company's shrinking profit margins as it faces more competition in a mobile computing market that Apple revolutionized with its iPhone and iPad lines.

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Work and Pensions Minister Steve Webb accused Labour of announcing a series of "one-off" payments to pensioners ahead of the last general election, despite planning to reverse these bonuses if it had been re-elected.

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Reverse mortgage consumers struggle to understand how interest gets compounded on a loan that does not involve monthly payments on interest and principal.

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That includes reverse mortgages, in which homeowners sign over property to financial institutions and, in exchange, receive lifetime monthly payments and residence rights in their homes.

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