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    90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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    Volvo's Overseas Delivery Program
    Volvo's Overseas Delivery Program
    Americans buying a Volvo can get a free holiday to Sweden to test drive their new car. All costs, including airfare and shipment of the car, are covered by the Volvo Overseas Delivery program.
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    Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.
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    Dunkin' Donuts
    Dunkin' Donuts
    Dunkin' Donuts in South Korea started spraying coffee aroma into public buses every time their jingle played. Coffee sales increased 29%.
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    Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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    All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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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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    There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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