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    Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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    'Bimbo' is a brand of soft drink manufactured and marketed by Coca-Cola, Inc.
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    If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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    All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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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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    Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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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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