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    A photo of a prize winner holding an over-sized check that promised $5,000 for life

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    They promised $5,000 a week for life—then declared bankruptcy

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    A designer black water bottle, similar in style to a Stanley

     

    Water bottles (yes) are the new status symbol

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    Drug companies go through an exhaustive creative process when creating generic and brand names for their new treatments.

     

    How prescription drugs get their generic and brand names

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    Warren Buffett with Barack Obama in the White House in 2011

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    How Warren Buffett became one of the world’s most famous investors

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    LinkedIn offices in Sunnyvale, California.

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    How LinkedIn became a place to share, not just network

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    Interior view of a stick-shift car

     

    A manual transmission is now a luxury for enthusiasts

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    A man working at home, with a child in the background

     

    Years after COVID, the remote-work wars are still raging

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    Abercrombie & Fitch store in Hong Kong

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    How ‘America’s most hated retailer’ turned itself around

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    Buy or rent a home? Here’s what to consider

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