In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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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 first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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