Today’s Business Ideas in the News: Sleepless Entrepreneurs

Niche produce: ugly fruits and vegetables could be big business, if only customers could get over the fact that they’re, well, ugly.

A 17-year-old New York City student is reported to have made $72 million trading stocks on his lunch breaks.

Brandy Melville is the hottest retailer you’ve never heard of — unless you’re a tween or teen girl.

As someone who drinks boxed wine, I agree: Bottled Wine consumption can be a decent gauge of how the economy is doing.

Meet the new bank: Suresh Ramamurthi and his wife bought Citizens Bank of Weir in a small Kansas town and are doing things different.

Meet this milk-woman: she literally chased down the old milkman and bought his business.

As someone who went to bed after working until 10 PM yesterday and was back at my desk at 4 AM, I agree: Americans are trading sleep for work, and it’s literally killing us.

Here’s why retailers keep sending you catalogs: we still love to look at them.

And finally, check out this loose leaf tea vending machine under trial in Toronto.

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