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    Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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    Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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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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    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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    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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    If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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    When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
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    7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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