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Percy Lall says Customs Industry is a “Family Affair”

When it comes down to shipping and exporting Percy Lall is the man for the job in the Caribbean. Lall launched his own Customs Brokerage firm a half of century ago. And he said it was the best move he ever made.  Not only has it evolved into one of the most successful Customs companies in Trinidad, but it has become “a family affair” as well, letting his love for the business fuse with his own familial legacy.
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EUROHOLD---SPAIN'S MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS GIANT

What do first range investment banks, private qeutiy firms auditors and lawyers all have in common?  They are all partners with Spain's merger and acquisitions firm Eurohold, Inc. 

         Eurohold has earned a solid reputation in the corporate world primarily focusing on the corporate development of smaller companies, assisting them in the evaluation of their corporate plans, ultimately creating internal expansion, restructuring portfolio's and most importantly, helping companies to create a strategic business audit and evaluation system for  partnership companies.  In its history, Eurohold has managed to place itself into a wide range of sectors, with concentrations from as universal as food and beverage products to as individualized as pharmaceutical and health products.

     In March 2010, Eurohold assisted the document firm of Adocat acquire the Bureau Veritas branch Docutec IDT.  This acquisition will aid Adocat in an area where it lacked where it came to documentation, scanning. “IDT is stronger than Adocat in scanned documents, so this acquisition will complete this line of business,”\according to Eurohold.   Providing services from multinationals to law firms, the acquisition managed to reinforce the document management company's ability in not only local but global markets.

     Eurohold's abilities to bolster companies and strengthen their ability to produce, gain acquisitions and develop strategic business plans for success are not limited to Spain.  With a rapidly growing global economy, Eurohold is to establish directy in France and has managed to gain partners in the Scandinacian area, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.  Using a standardized process, Eurohold seeks out large independent companies, multinational corporations or financial institutions that are willing to strategically make purchases or smaller companies that are looking for growth capital or public floatation.


      According to Eurohold, the process involves doing an analysis of the company's corporate strategy, strengths and weaknesses and defining the company's objective.  The firm then makes an evaluation that advises the company of the type of acquisitions to make and the type of transaction.  A fter defining the transaction, Eurohold looks over market needs and opportunities to determine what type of acquisition will best fit in with their client's objectives.  Once memorandums are prepared, a search is done for potential partners or target companies and confidential introductions and presentations of suitable companies, Eurohold takes the lead in negotiations and provides due diligence support and guidance through third party advising companies.  Finally, Eurohold closes the deal and provides legal supervision throughout the process including documenting Secrecy Agreements and Purchase and Sale agreements.  Part of Eurohold's success has been that once the deal is closed, however, they do not stop serving their clients.  Afterward, Eurohold continues to do follow-up and provide advisory services to the companies involved in the transaction.
      Eurohold, was founded in 1989 as a Corporate finance consulting company. The firm has spent the last 20 years becoming one of the most active M&A firms in Spain.

TSX rises on strong oil as focus shifts to Fed (Reuters)

Reuters - Toronto's main stock index rose on Monday as strong oil prices pushed up its energy sector and investors showed optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve will signal steps to boost economic recovery.

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S&P downgrades NYSE Euronext on debt metrics (AP)

AP - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services downgraded its ratings on NYSE Euronext by one notch Monday because of high debt levels held by the New York Stock Exchange parent.

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Derma Wand marketer ICTV settles SEC charges (AP)

AP - The company that sells the Derma Wand skin care appliance through TV infomercials has settled civil charges that it falsely inflated its earnings by reporting sales of the anti-aging product while it still sat unsold in the warehouse.

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KKR cancels plans for $500 million offering (Reuters)

Reuters - Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co said on Monday it has canceled plans to sell $500 million of new common units, less than one month after it listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Frankfurt stock market bids for China listings (AFP)

Read more...AFP - More and more small- and medium-sized Chinese enterprises (SME) are listing shares on foreign stock exchanges like Frankfurt, which seeks to attract companies from Asia.



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