The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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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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A full-time cashier at Costco makes about $49,000 annually. The average wage at Costco is nearly 20 dollars an hour and 89% of Costco employees are eligible for benefits.
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Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
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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 Gmail logo was designed the night before it was launched.
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Nintendo has banked so much money, they could run a deficit of over $250 million every year and still survive until 2052.
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