💬 Quoted… "For help with arcane lingo, the committee will consult the Urban Dictionary."

• Maine has allowed inappropriate vanity-plate language, including body parts and sex acts... up until now. The free-for-all will come to an end when a state Vanity Plate Review Committee convenes later this year, per the WSJ.

📊 Stat of the Day: 87% of business leaders "think customers highly trust their companies," but only 30% of consumers actually do, according to a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

🌎 Around the World: The leaders of the EU's three largest economies – France, Germany, and Italy – traveled to Kyiv yesterday to endorse Ukraine's application to join the 27-member bloc.

🤯 Did You Know?... In the early 1900’s, the large room at the front of a home was referred to as a “death room” since it was typically where residents’ funeral visitations were held.

• It wasn’t until after the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 that the Ladies Home Journal suggested renaming the room to its current descriptor: “living room.”

📖 Worth a Read: Three Money Mistakes to Avoid in a Bear Market → (WSJ)