Apple has taken over my Address Book!

Not an earth shattering problem, but nonetheless irritating and having trolled the Forum, I have not discovered a fix. Whenever I open an email newsletter in my Mail Inbox pertaining to Apple, e.g.,Macworld, Apple eNews, there is an immediate <Apple Computer Inc> entry in my Address Book.
Thoughts and solution please? I am preparing myself to be hugely humiliated by some obvious explanation!!
TIA
Brian
iMac G4 800 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Brian:
The first time Address Book is launched, An Apple Computer card is inserted into it. There is one for different regions of the world, and the files come from /System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework/Resources . The one for United States users is named TipCards-us.vcf .
If the Address Book preferences are corrupted or removed, another Apple Computer card will be inserted when the preferences are re-created.

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