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Having helped Sergey Brin and Larry Page edit their initial business plan, which turned into some company called Google, Guido Appenzeller knows a fair amount about start-ups. Although he passed on an opportunity to join his Stanford buddies in taking their venture public--what's a couple of billion dollars between friends?--Appenzeller, 34, has followed their lead, co-founding Voltage Security, a fast-growing firm that has more than 150 clients...
...trade fair four years ago, Markus Brehler found himself in an enviable position for someone contemplating the launch of a company. To investigate demand for a sensor that can generate its own power, Brehler pretended he already had a company. "We were curious to test the response, so we just created a virtual company," says the founder and CEO of EnOcean GmbH. "But the response was overwhelming, and suddenly we had customers and had to form the company...
...over PAWS is especially obvious inside the American Kennel Club (A.K.C.), which registers nearly a million purebred dogs each year. The organization officially supports the bill, but many of its member clubs do not. Sam McDonald, an A.K.C. member in Chester Springs, Pa., says he thinks the legislation is fair because "if someone has more than 25 dogs, then there needs to be someone checking out what is going...
Indeed, since June, when filming began, the movie has been surrounded by rumors, criticism and suggestions that Spielberg was too pro-Israel to make a fair movie on the subject. The filmmakers responded by keeping the details of the movie very quiet. Reporters were not allowed to visit the sets in Malta, Budapest, New York and Paris, and only a few actors got the complete script--many didn't even know what the whole movie was about. The shoot took three months, a quick turnaround for a movie to be released Dec. 23. That lessened the chance of leaks...
...nomination is for Africa as Continent of the Year. In 2005 global attention was focused on the plight of her people. Africa needs a fair break from the rest of the world and the determination to address its own problems. It is essential that all humankind join in the march for democracy, prosperity, peace and stability...