But when the company that makes a mistake enjoys a reputation for innovation and superb product quality like Apple, business strategists begin to wonder whether the mistake is just the result of poor judgment or a change in business priorities that may have far reaching consequence for the future of the company.

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When interest rates are allowed to float free of central bank intervention, the happy consequence of such a market-driven price is that in reaching natural levels conceived in the marketplace, the supply of and demand for credit is equalized.

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