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    The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
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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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    In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.
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    80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions!
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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    In 2004, The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted "raw horse flesh" ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!
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    Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.
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    There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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