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...seized power in coal-rich, oil-poor Germany in 1933, the Nazis used the Fischer-Tropsch process to help power their military expansion across Europe; during World War II, Germany was producing 125,000 bbl. of synthetic fuel a day at 25 plants. After the war, a South African entrepreneur called "Slip" Menell bought the South African rights to Fischer-Tropsch, and in 1950 the new white supremacist Nationalist Party government formed Sasol--an acronym for Suid-Afrikaanse Steenkool en Olie (South African Coal and Oil)--to produce gasoline from South Africa's vast coal deposits...
...James P. Currier, founder and chairman of Medpedia—what aims to become the world's largest collaborative online encyclopedia of medicine and health—recalls scouring the Web for medical information while comforting a sick child or two. Even for a tech-savvy entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, readily-accessible, credible information was not easy to find online...
...German entrepreneur and sex educator who designed a spray-on condom made of liquid latex...
...story about how he and the Facebook team were trying to come up with a mission statement for the movement about six months ago, when he had to go on vacation to Istanbul right in the middle of the discussion. Once there, he had dinner with a local entrepreneur and had a terrific time, feeling a powerful connection with this person. Afterward he had an epiphany about what Facebook should be: "I really want to see us build a product that allows you to really feel a person and understand what's really going on with them and feel present...
...Afghan capital can't get enough KFC--Kabul Fried Chicken, that is. The city hosts four competing knockoffs of the global fast-food chain, complete with their own secret recipes, as well as logos copied from the Internet. "I consider myself the Afghan Colonel Sanders," says one entrepreneur, Mirwais Abuldrahizmi. No word yet on whether Yum! Brands, KFC's corporate parent, based in Louisville, Ky., plans to file a lawsuit to the contrary...