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    90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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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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    The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.
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    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    In 2006, the CEO of Whole Foods reduced his salary to $1 a year, donated his entire portfolio to charity, and set up a $100,000 fund for staff facing personal problems.
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    McDonald's
    McDonald's
    Every day, 1% of the world's population is served at McDonald's.
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    If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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    Over 4.6 million Whopper sandwiches are sold at Burger King every day!
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    Carlos Vasquez, a dry cleaner in New York, has a sign outside his shop that reads: If you are unemployed and need an outfit clean for an interview, we will clean it for free.
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