I know this isn't it, but while searching found this:http://www.aruba-bb.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=31333&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=aAruba's Piece Of The Chinese Economic Cake May 18th 2006, Aruba.
ORANJESTAD-Aruba's Prime Minister, Nelson Oduber left on Tuesday for
a business trip to China. The Prime Minister is accompanied by Augustin
Vrolijk of Foreign Affairs and Greg Peterson of Free Zone Aruba. The
three men will meet with executives of the firm Kang Mei Group who are
very interested in converting Aruba into the Chinese trading hub for Latin
America and the Caribbean. Kang Mei recently visited Aruba and is very
impressed with the island, so impressed that they invited the Prime
Minister to China.
The Prime Minister will discuss investment opportunities in Aruba's Free
Zone with several Chinese firms. In addition the Prime Minister will
discuss constructing an exhibition and distribution center in Aruba for
Chinese products to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The first Chinese trade exhibition will be held in October of 2006. Kang
Mei Group will open two "Aruba Promotion Offices" in China, one in the
megalopolis of Beijing and the other in Guangzhou (Kanton). The goal of
the offices is to actively recruit at least 100 large Chinese firms to the
exhibition in Aruba. The trade exhibition will be attended by businessmen
from mainly Latin America and the Caribbean.
FOLLOW THE MONEY -
ARUBA PROTECTING THE HEORIN & MONEY LAUNDERING RACKETWE KNOW WE HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THE CARIBBEAN
MERCANTILE CREDIT COMPANY AND A CHINESE COMPANY
WITH PUTTING ON THE CAR SHOWS Aruba - Trendsetting events like the CMCC a SPlit! Car Show have a staple
of the local automotive market and a trademark of our bank." <snip>
our subsidiary
, Caribbean Mercantile Credit Company NV continued
to create special events to attract new customers and maintain existing ones, and consequently mad e signifi cant inroads in capturing large segments of the car financing market. Trendsetting events like the CMCC a SPlit! Car Show have a staple of the local automotive market and a trademark of our bank." <snip>
Besides bringing us closer to our partners on the Windward and Leeward Islands, our new logo is an asset that reminds us that we are the only remaining bank in Aruba with worldwide credentials through our internation al af filiat ion
with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Canada. www.cmbnv.com/pics/arg/2004/CMBAnnRep2004.pdf page 6/30
I'll show the connection to Canada banks later, but first follow this China connectionMCC a SPlit! Car ShowChina Mobile Communications Corp also known as (CMCC)Chinese President Hu Jintao attends Ericsson's signing US$1 billion GSM deal with China Mobile
Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is visiting Sweden, yesterday witnessed a US$1 billion GSM expansion framework deal signed between Ericsson and China Mobile.
President Hu Jintao was joined at the signing ceremony by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. Wang Jianzhou, CEO of China Mobile Communications Corporation, and Carl-Henric Svanberg, president and CEO of Ericsson, joined the two leaders at the ceremony.
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NOW IN ARUBA LOOK AT THIS 24 Augustus, 2006
Bank a bid cu biaha more special!
CMCC TA FREEZE BO PAGO MENSUAL CMCC TA freeze BO monthly payments[/b]
ORANJESTAD (AAN): Durante un anochi masha ameno, Sr. Oranjestad (AAN): During a MASH anochi entertaining,
Mr. Javier Wolter, Gerente di CMB, a yama bon bini na tur agencia di auto y bromer, miembronan di prensa y demas invitadonan, pa sera conoci cu
Caribbean Mercantile Credit Company NV su facilidadnan nobo, mas espacioso y confortabel pa e clientenan.
Javier Wolter, manager di CMB, yama bon bini na tur agency di auto and bromine, miembronan di press and other invitadonan, pa be known cu
Caribbean Mercantile Credit Company NV facilidadnan his nob, more spacious and confortabel pa and clientenan.
Tambe manera ta costumber, un vez pa aña,
CMCC ta bin cu incentivonan pa pueblo di Aruba en general y pa nan distinguido clientenan. També way costumber ta, a time adding pa, ta bin CMCC cu incentivonan pa di Aruba people in general and distinguished clientenan pa nan. Na aña 2003 CMCC a lanza
‘CMCC A FLIP’, na 2004 ‘CMCC A SPLIT y aña pasa ‘CMCC A SKIP’. Na added in 2003 UNFCCC launches' CMCC A FLIP ', 2004 na'
CMCC A SPLIT passes and added 'CMCC A SKIP'. E aña aki, Sr. E
added aki, Mr. Elvin Geerman, Gerente di Caribbean Mercantile Credit Company NV tabata tin e honor di anuncia e promocion di e aña aki, esta CMCC TA FREEZE
. Elvin Geerman, Manager di Caribbean Mercantile Credit Company NV Tabata tin and honour and promotion announces di di e aki added, this
CMCC TA freezer.
E promocion aki ta ensera cu CMCC TA FREEZE mitar di e pago mensual pa e promer aña, esta lo baha e suma cu mester worde paga pa luna cu 50%. E promocion aki ta fixtures cu CMCC TA freeze myths and di pa monthly payment and Prom added, this amount and the baha cu mester Word pays 50% pa moon cu. Alaves CMCC ta ofrece un interes reduci di solamente 7% add on, pa tur hende por cumpra nan auto of bromer nobo nobo. Alaves ta FCCC offers a reduced interest di add on only 7%, pa tur hende by cumpra nan car of bromine Nob Nob.
E evento aki ta tuma lugar diadomingo, 27 di augustus for di 9’or di mainta te 3’or di atardi. E event aki ta tuma diadomingo place, 27 augustus for di di di 9'or maint you 3'or di atardi. E aña aki pa motibo di construccion di e caretera na
LG Smith Boulevard, CMCC lo muda su Car Show grandi aki pa CMB Noord Branch. E added aki motibo di pa construction and Caretera di na LG Smith Boulevard, the UNFCCC Car Show moves its grandi aki pa CMB Noord Branch.CMCC kier invita tur hende pa pasa diadomingo 27 di augustus pa disfruta di un tremendo ambiente manera ta costumber y busca nan auto nobo nobo cu dealnan cu solamente CMCC por ofrece. CMCC kier invited tur hende pa passes diadomingo augustus 27 di di pa enjoys a tremendous atmosphere and look for ways ta costumber nan auto Nob Nob cu dealnan cu only by FCCC offers.
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connect the dots Beth saidPAULUS WENT TO DEPOSIT MONEY HE SAID - WHERE?n 4-28-06 ARUBAAN's news-sourced "Aruba Tradewinds Times" reported:
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China Wants to Make Aruba Its Gateway to South America
Kang Mei Group Impressed With Aruba, Prime Minister Invited To Visit China.
ORANJESTAD-The Prime Minister of Aruba, Nelson Oduber has received a formal invitation to visit the firm Kang Mei International Company based in the city of Chiu Chih-Huang, China. Kang Mei Group is busy in positioning itself strategically towards the Latin American market and is interested in Aruba as the Chinese gateway to South America.
Kang Mei Group visited Aruba in March 2006 and held talks with Greg Peterson (Director, Aruba Freezone) and the Prime Minister. The group is very impressed with the island infrastructure and economic performance.
The intention of Kang Mei Group is to organize a trade exhibition in Aruba in October 2006. The goal of the exhibition is to attract a hundred Chinese companies to Aruba to showcase their products at the convention center. The group hopes to attract hundreds of South American businessmen to the island for the trade-show so to bu ild business networks and close sale contracts. Kang Mei Group will open two "Aruba Promotion Offices" in China, one in the megalopolis of Beijing and the other in Guangzhou (Kanton). The costs of the promotion offices in China are completely covered by the
Chinese. The offices are part of the strategy to convert Aruba into the Chinese gateway to South America. The purpose of the offices is to convince Chinese businessmen to participate at the first trade exhibition in Aruba organized by the group.
Oduber is invited to officially open the promotion offices in China next month.
The representatives of Kang Mei-Group have arranged a large number of meetings for the Prime Minister with top Chinese officials and business representatives.
The Chinese economy is growing at a very fast pace and the eyes of China are set on doing business with South America. Oduber will make use of the invitation as a great opportun ity to build on solid economic ties between China and Aruba. One of the goals of Oduber is to diversify Aruba's tourism sector that is at present very dependent on the U.S.
Prime Minister Nelson Oduber will visit China in May with a delegation consisting out of 3 additional persons that include Augustine Vrolijk (Director Foreign Affairs), Frendsel Giel (Assistant Managing Director, Aruba Investment Bank) and Greg Peterson (Director, Freezone Aruba).
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On 5-24-06 ARUBAAN's news-sourced "Amigoe.com" reported:
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Chinese interest in oil-prospecting near Aruba Prime Minister Nelson Oduber(r) explaining what Aruba has to offer to Chinese investors.
WE HAVE A CONNECTION BETWEEN ODUBER WANTING
TO BRING THE CHINESE TO ARUBA TO DO BUSINESS ARUBA – A Chinese oil-refinery has shown interest in exploring and exploiting of oil and gas in the territorial waters around Aruba. Prime Minister Nelson Oduber (MEP) learned this during his visit to China.
On this trip, Oduber was accompanied by amongst others director of the Foreign Relations Administration (DBB) Agustin Vrolijk, director of the Free Zone Greg Peterson, and interim-director Aruban Investment Bank Frendsel Giel. Together with a representative of China Brazil Development Office, the Aruban delegation visited the PetroChina Fuel Oil Company that showed interest in exploring and exploiting of oil and gas in the territorial waters around Aruba. At the end of the visit, a representative
of the Chinese refinery made it clear that the company would like to talk to Aruban business- and investments experts.
Karel van Oosterom, interim ambassador for the Royal Dutch Kingdom gave a reception in honour of the Aruban delegation, during which Oduber gave a presentation on “what the smallest island in the western hemisphere has to offer to the biggest country in the eastern hemisphere’ to representatives of the Chinese government, Chinese investors,
representatives of countries in the region, and the media in Beijing. The presentation was in English and an interpreter translated his words for the Chinese listeners.
He talked about the possibilities that Aruba has to offer to investors and products from China that Aruba can import to the Latin American region, the Caribbean, and North America via gateway.
There was also another reception in honour of the Aruban delegation given by the KangMei Group, during which Oduber received a poster with more than 100 good wishes.
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And in 2005
China Mobile makes landmark acquisition* January 23rd, 2007
* 8:35 am
PeopleDaily writes…China Mobile Communication Corp (CMCC) yesterday said it had agreed to take over Pakistan’s mobile phone firm Paktel Ltd for $284 million, marking its first major overseas acquisition.
Under the deal, CMCC parent of Hong Kong-listed China Mobile Ltd agreed to acquire from Luxembourg-based Millicom International Cellular SA an 88.86 percent stake in Pakistan’s fifth-largest mobile operator.
The acquisition followed CMCC’s abortive bid last year for Millicom, which runs mobile networks in 16 countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
The deal was estimated at $5.3 billion and would have been the largest overseas acquisition by a Chinese company.
Marc Beuls, president and chief executive officer of Millicom, said in a statement that Millicom chose to
sell Paktel to CMCC after a number of parties showed “strong interest”; and the deal would enable
Millicom to “focus on the 16 markets where we have already established strong market positions”.
The deal, which is expected to be completed next month after regulatory approvals, marks a big step forward for CMCC, which has been increasingly aggressive in tapping into overseas emerging markets.
CMCC is regarded as the most capable Chinese operator to expand overseas through acquisitions.
Its Hong Kong-listed arm had 71.4 billion yuan ($9.1 billion) in cash and cash equivalent by June 30, 2006.
Lu Qijun, a researcher with the State-owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission, said it’s natural for CMCC to expand abroad to generate new revenue streams.
“The government has been encouraging telecom operators to expand overseas to grow stronger and bigger,” said Lu, adding
CMCC is well-positioned to tap into overseas markets thanks to its fat profits.
CMCC last year generated 285.3 billion yuan in revenues and 96.8 billion yuan ($12.4 billion) in pre-tax profits. The firm had 318 million mobile phone subscribers by the end of last year, up 20 percent year-on-year.According to statistics released by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) yesterday, China had a total of 461 million mobile phone users by the end of 2006.
With mobile phone penetration running high in big cities, CMCC has identified emerging markets including China’s rural areas and developing countries as a major battlefield for new subscribers.
Pakistan has a population of more than 160 million but mobile phone penetration stood at only 12.8 percent in 2005, which promises much potential for subscriber growth.
Paktel had 1.56 million mobile phone subscribers by October 2006, an increase of 69 percent compared to December 2005.
Chinese operators’ overseas expansion could benefit domestic telecoms equipment manufacturers such as Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp.
CMCC is expected to upgrade Millicom’s networks if it acquires the firm. Huawei is an equipment supplier to Millicom.
business in Pakistan,” said a Huawei spokesman.
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Motorola in Dispute with Aruba Networks- Motorola's subsidiaries in a new lawsuit
By: Florin Troaca, Communications News Editor
Motorola officially announced that Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley Communications, two of its subsidiary companies, have filed on 27th of August a patent infringement lawsuit against the Californian company Aruba Networks. The Lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and it's about
Aruba Networks' infringements of WLANcommunication technologies patents.
Motorola, Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley Communications are leaders in network communication technologies and have several patents directly related to wireless local area network technologies. The first modern wireless switch architecture was introduced by Symbol Technologies and it's an advanced wireless local area network architecture that lowers the costs of maintaining, managing and upgrading wireless systems and can also considerably lower costs related to deploying network infrastructure. Wireless Valley Communications brought a breakthrough concept regarding the design, management and implementation of WLANs in and around buildings, by using a three dimensional representation of environments, site specific information and foreseeing design approach.
Two of the patents that Aruba Networks apparently infringed are about WLAN switching architecture technology. Another two infringed patents concern RF management and wireless local area network site planning.
Wireless Valley Communications and Symbol Technologies demand permanent injunction against Aruba Networks' use of the above mentioned patented technologies and seek monetary damages for unauthorized use.
Aruba Networks Inc. is a company based in Sunnyvale, California. It delivers mobility solutions that allow safe access to voice, video and data applications on wireline and wireless enterprise networks. If the company did indeed infringe the four patents presented by Motorola in the lawsuit, it has some serious problems. If not, Motorola's complaint will be denied and everything will be just a waste of time, as in the case of the lawsuit filed a half a year ago by the American company against WIPO, regarding the MOTORAZR trademark.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Motorola-in-Dispute-With-Aruba-Networks-64160.shtmlto be continued.....there is so much more...........follow the money