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Ayds (pronounced AIDS) appetite suppressant candy. After the renaming of GRIDS to AIDS.

In 2014, Isis, the mobile-payment service built by AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, changed its name to Softcard for obvious reasons.

Isis Pharmaceuticals also changed its name recently: http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/18/investing/isis-pharmaceutica...

A.i.d.s. Ambulance Service, too. (attitude, integrity, dependability and service)

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-11-14/local/me-2370_1_aids-...

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