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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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    Volvo's Overseas Delivery Program
    Volvo's Overseas Delivery Program
    Americans buying a Volvo can get a free holiday to Sweden to test drive their new car. All costs, including airfare and shipment of the car, are covered by the Volvo Overseas Delivery program.
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    The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
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    If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
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    A man sued Bank of America for erroneously foreclosing on his home and won. When they didn’t pay the fees, he foreclosed their bank.
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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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