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10 Iconic Brands That Disappeared and 7 That May Soon Follow

BreizhAtao / Shutterstock.com There are countless reasons why a brand might die, including failing to keep up with market trends and shifts in the market landscape. Even brands that have enjoyed decades of popularity and impressive sales are not safe from extinction. Here are 10 iconic brands that are gone …

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From Lee Hwa To Maxi-Cash: How He Revamped His Family Biz And Became S’pore’s 50th Richest

Multimillionaire Koh Wee Seng holds a net worth of US$ 540 million and ranks just shy of Forbes’ richest list as Singapore’s 50th richest man. Despite being the founder and driver behind one of Singapore’s largest business empires, the low-profile magnate has been kept largely out of the public eye. …

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J. Michael Lane, a General in the Rout of Smallpox, Dies at 84

J. Michael Lane, a globe-trotting epidemiologist who waged a 13-year war against the scourge of smallpox and led the final drive for its global eradication in 1977, when the last known vestige of the disease was snuffed out in East Africa, died on Wednesday at his home in Atlanta. He …

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