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AirPad, iPod, iPad?? “A-a-r-g-h!!”

“D-a-a-A-A-D´. . . it’s Really Not That Difficult.” Oh, Yeah?!? It’s never a good sign when you need  a diagram to make sense of something. In my case, having cleverly devised the bright, yellow grid (above) to crack Apple’s perplexing (to me**) code . . . I was feeling rather proud of myself.  That is,...
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Dyslexic? Confused By Similar-Sounding Financial Names? Here’s a Scorecard

Avoiding Guilt by (Name) Association I can certainly understand why a bank or investment fund would want to have “First” in its name (“First National Bank of [ ______ ]).” The name that’s always puzzled me is “Fifth Third Bancorp,” headquartered in Cincinnati. Given the financial news the last few days, I thought a scorecard...
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