CPA Global Plans Further Asian Expansion

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - - eQuest Strengthens Support for its International Customer Base eQuest, the international leader in job posting deliveries and Internet recruitment management services, announced today that it has added more than 500 UK job board and media destinations to its already vast job delivery network. eQuest, which posts jobs on behalf of the majority of the Global Fortune 100, continues to increase its EMEA delivery footprint as part of its expansion plans.

August 3rd, 2009 GENEVA - The Vitol Group announced today the completion of two key projects in its storage and terminals business, VTTI (Vitol Tank Terminals International). At the Vitco terminal, near Buenos Aires, Argentina, eight new tanks have been added, providing an additional 54,000 cubic metres of capacity to the existing 126,000 cubic metres of storage.

August 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI, India - Manufacturing is one of the key contributors to the growth of an economy. A country with a well-equipped manufacturing process is believed to be balanced and independent.

July 13th, 2009 PARIS - - Geely has Chosen Communication Group Open2Europe to Support Project Expansion and Launch Geely Panda in Algeria Open2Europe, international public relations and communications agency, has just announced a new contract with Geely, the leader of the independent automobile industry in China. Open2Europe will accompany Geely in developing its brand in Algeria, a strategic market in North Africa.

July 7th, 2009 HONG KONG - - Charles Wong Named Managing Director of New Office, Latest Senior Executive to Join Coventry Team Capitalizing on heightened investor interest in the U.S. longevity market, Coventry announced today the launch of Coventry Capital HK Limited, based in Hong Kong.

July 6th, 2009 JENA, Germany - Jenoptik's Lasers & Material Processing division will in future be represented in the Asian market with a laser application center, in close cooperation with the Korean company Telstar-Hommel Corp.. Byung-Hoon Im, President and CEO of Telstar-Hommel, and Michael Mertin, CEO of JENOPTIK AG, signed the shareholders agreement for JENOPTIK Korea Corp., on July 2nd.

June 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Hong Kong to Host the 6th Annual Mobile Asia Congress The GSMA today announced that the 2009 Mobile Asia Congress will be held 18-19 November 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Under the banner "Inspiring the Mobile Future", the 2009 Mobile Asia Congress will bring together the leadership of Asian mobile operators and key players in the broader mobile ecosystem in an exclusive forum for sharing the visions and strategies that will shape the mobile future.

May 12th, 2009 SHANGHAI - RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced that Shandong Chenming's Chairman, Chen Hongguo has been selected for the second time as the Asian CEO of the Year. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080521/NEW122LOGO ) The award will be presented at RISI's 10th Asian Pulp & Paper Outlook Conference in Shanghai, China to be held on June 8-10, 2009.

May 6th, 2009 LONDON - Top Asian universities have been evaluated in the first regional ranking from QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, the compilers of the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings. Five countries dominate the top 10 places in the QS.com Asian University Rankings: Rank Institution Country 1 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 2 The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 3 University of Tokyo Japan 4 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 5 Kyoto University Japan 6 Osaka University Japan 7 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & South Korea Technology 8 Seoul National University South Korea 9 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 10= National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 10= Peking University China Top Asian universities in the remaining six countries featured in the QS.com Asian University Rankings: Rank Institution Country 22 National Taiwan University Taiwan 30= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India 30= Mahidol University Thailand 39 Universiti Malaya Malaysia 50 University of Indonesia Indonesia 63= University of the Philippines Philippines Nunzio Quacquarelli, Managing Director of QS explains: "The results of the QS.com Asian University Rankings focus on regionally relevant measures of excellence, with the top performing universities distinguished not only by quality, but also by high productivity of research, compared to their regional peers." Ben Sowter, Head of Research at QS adds, "The advantage of these regional rankings is in the richer picture we can create when comparing universities at a regional rather than global level, through the inclusion of additional factors.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Unite, the UK's biggest civil air transport union, welcomes the announcement today (Friday) from the High Court that the challenge to the expansion of Stansted airport has been suspended. Steve Turner, Unite National Officer, said: "We are delighted at this decision today and hope we can now move on and develop an expansion programme at Stansted airport.

September 9th, 2009 LAHORE - Amid reports of US' massive expansion plans for its Islamabad embassy, India too is planning renovation and expansion work for its embassy. According to sources, the Indian embassy has already acquired 10-acres of land in Islamabad's Diplomatic Enclave area to construct more offices and residences for the officials.

June 15th, 2009 CHICAGO - India has emerged the most attractive retail destination for investors among 30 emerging markets, says a report by US-based global management consulting firm AT Kearney. According to the company's Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), India tops the list of most attractive retail destination followed by Russia and China.

February 21st, 2009 CHENNAI - Car manufacturer Ford India that plans to roll out a small car on an outlay of $500 million, is currently studying overseas markets to finalise its engine and transmissions capacity expansion plans. 'We are working on the demand estimates of our export markets in the Asia Pacific and African regions.

March 31st, 2009 MANILA - Economic growth in developing Asia was expected to slow to its lowest rate in more than a decade due to the global economic crisis, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday. It predicted India's economic growth would be five percent in 2009.

September 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - China has once again expressed its concerns over the massive expansion work of the US embassy in Islamabad. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui met President Asif Ali Zardari here and told him about Beijing's apprehensions regarding the reported expansion of the US embassy.

June 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - As the first step to going global, the city-based Paramount Airways will buy 10 A321 aircraft for $1.5 billion from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. An agreement signed at the ongoing Paris Air Show also provides the Indian carrier airline an option for purchasing 10 more aircraft, Paramount said Friday.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India as a retail market continues to be attractive to a lot of global players but the progression from expression of interest to the actual setting up of operations is slow, a survey conducted by a global real estate services firm indicates. Indian currently stands 39 on the list of most-preferred international retail markets, while neighbour China is high up in the list at number six, according to the survey done by CB Richard Ellis.

September 22nd, 2009 MANILA - The Indian economy is expected to grow by 6 percent in 2009 as capital inflows, industrial production and business confidence soar, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday. In the Asian Development Outlook 2009 Update, the bank said that while agricultural output for 2009 was expected to remain stunted and exports weak, adroit economic management in the form of fiscal stimulus packages and accommodative monetary policy had minimised damage from the global financial crisis.

September 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The current financial crisis has shaken the global economic order, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said here Thursday. In a way, the current crisis has questioned the very assumptions underlying the global economic order as we have known it since the end of the Second World War, Tharoor said at an RIS-Japan Economic Foundation Symposium.

September 11th, 2009 NetJets to lay off 5 percent of work forceCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Private air charter service NetJets Inc. says it will lay off 5 percent of its employees in an effort to save expenses.