Thanks to inflation and a higher federal funds rate, certificate of deposit (CD) interest rates have increased exponentially in recent years. CD interest rates barely broke 1% a few years ago. By ...

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Ok, this isn't quite as simple as the topic makes it sound... bear with me here.<BR><BR>What I want to make is a cd with standard red book audio tracks (so it can play in a standard cd player), and ...