While the financial services industry is mostly black and white, the American investor is a varying shade of gray.

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The Amazon logo is still subtly printed on the back, a dark shade of gray stamped atop the darker exterior.

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Automotive News interviewed dealers who complained that auto company inspectors have tried to dictate what kind of toilet paper goes into dealership bathrooms and nit-pick which shade of gray should be used on the floor tiles.

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