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    Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.
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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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    Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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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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    Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
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