The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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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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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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