The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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The co-founder and CEO of SnapChat, 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, turned down an offer of $3 billion from Facebook and then a $4 billion bid from Google.
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Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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Judge Judy makes $45 million a year.
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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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