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    Dead Google's Employees' Families Receive Fantastic Package
    If an employee of Google dies, their spouse will receive half their pay for 10 years as well as stock benefits, and any children will receive $1000 a month until they turn 19.
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    Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
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    The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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    Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.
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    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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    Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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    The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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    Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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