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>> steve: got headlines now. apple ended 2011 with record-breaking sales. the company brought in $46.3 billion as it sold more iphones, ipad and mac computers than in any quarter in apple's history. and giselle is on her way to earning the title, no super model has ever before, billionaire. she can thank her new lingerie line. it has quickly become a big hit and is moving her status toward billionairess. oh, baby. brian over to you. >> brian: that's the break those kids need. lots of news out of arizona today. in less than an hour, the house will begin debating arizona congresswoman gabrielle ...

Leon panetta, right there, said good job on the way into his state of the union speech. the president made no mention of the rescue during his state of the union address. wall street is hoping to ride apple's momentum today after the company reported monster profits over the holiday season. let's get an early look at the markets as we get all up in your business this morning. steve sedgwick is live in london. steve, good morning. >> a very good day to you. this company sold 37 million iphones in the quarter, over 15 million ipads. the numbers were way better than expected. we were expected s...

There, record sales perhaps. we don't yet know, but 'tis the season for returns. the national retail federation believes that $46.3 billion worth will be returned. up 4% from last year and 10% in two years. you are seeing a little bit of both buying and returning. >> any idea why returning were up so much? >> part is because people are buying more. the national retail federation did just increase the sales forecast by a percent. when you buy more, there is more to return as well. it's fairly simple supply and demand there. >> you mentioned the kindle nook. any other pot hot items? >> the kindl...

Items. they've done their shopping. and now they've gone home hopefully to get some breakfast. this is considered the third busiest shopping day of the year. they're calling this one mega monday. a lot of stores have opened in the predawn hours trying to get those shoppers in one last time for this holiday season. it's a record day for returns. $46.3 billion in returns expected this year. and, of course, today is all about the bargain hunting as well. stores are really slashing the prices. 75% to 80% trying to get rid of all that merchandise. that didn't sell before the holidays so if you're o...