This water pump -- called the Super Money Maker -- is designed to make a big difference in the lives of rural Africans.

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So Depot convinced Rheem, a division of Japan's Paloma Industries and the biggest water-heater maker, to slap GE's name on a line of water heaters.

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France's Danone (nyse: DA - news - people), a bottled water and yogurt maker, flirted with acquiring Quaker, but it too pulled back.

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He then took a job as head of factory automation for nearby ASC Industries, maker of automobile water pumps and one of his old customers.

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