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Export Documentation & Compliance Management
When: Thursday, November 12, 2009
8:30am - 5:00pm
(registration 8:15-8:30am)
Where: Greenbaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC.
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
$195 KWTC members
$225 non-members
Lunch Provided
Speaker: Sarah Reynolds
Senior Consultant and Trainer
American River International / World Academy
Sponsored by: Greenbaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC
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Lean System Executive Workshop & Lean Systems Executive Certification
November 9 – 10 workshop, November 11-12 Executive Certificate
Hilton Garden Inn,
110 Grandstand Drive, Georgetown, Kentucky
KWTC Special Rate:
$2000.00 for first two Attendees… a $2000.00 savings.
All additional attendees: $2000.00 each
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The Best Protection Against Fraud: Common Sense
The best protection against fraud is common sense. Whenever you receive unsolicited emails, be sure to use common sense in evaluating the “opportunity.” Below are two scam emails that arrived in my inbox recently. They use different tactics, and are designed to get you to respond. The end result will be the same if you fall for the scam: you will lose money, products, or both. Certainly you will lose valuable time.
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U.S. Signs New Convention on Contracts for International Carriage of Goods
The U.S. joined 14 other countries Sept. 23 in signing on to a new international agreement that will drastically change the rights and obligations of those involved in the maritime carriage of goods. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, also known as the Rotterdam Rules, aims to create a contemporary and uniform law reflecting modern container transportation practices.
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Administration Not Expected to Act on Mexican Truck Tariffs This Year
Business and farm groups whose members have taken a hit from the retaliatory tariffs Mexico imposed on U.S. exports earlier this year in a dispute over cross-border trucking are trying to keep pressure on the Obama administration to resolve the dispute.
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Legislative Update: MTB Moving Forward, Trade Preferences Could Follow
Congress remains heavily engaged in discussions on health care reform, as well as attempts to approve fiscal year 2010 funding for federal agencies, but several trade-related initiatives are nevertheless moving forward. The Senate has finally broken its impasse on a miscellaneous trade bill and work could begin soon on extending two trade preference programs.
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Prospects for Russia's Accession to WTO Remain Uncertain
Prospects for Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization remain unclear after U.S. and Russian officials discussed the matter Sept. 21. Moscow’s 16-year-old bid to join the WTO appeared to move forward earlier this year when U.S. and European officials said progress had been made and the process could be finalized by the end of 2009. Shortly thereafter, however, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a surprise announcement that Russia was abandoning its solo bid and would now seek to join the WTO a part of a customs union with former Soviet republics Belarus and Kazakhstan. In the months since, there have been conflicting reports as to whether Moscow does indeed intend to take such an approach, and remarks made by top Russian officials recently have done little to clarify the issue.
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USTR Launches Annual Review of AGOA Country Eligibility
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has announced that the Trade Policy Staff Committee’s African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation Subcommittee is seeking written public comments by Oct. 19 for its annual review of the eligibility of sub-Saharan African countries to receive the benefits provided under AGOA. Comments received will be considered by the TPSC in developing country eligibility recommendations to the president and, if related to child labor criteria, by the Department of Labor in the preparation of its report on child labor.
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Senate Approves Pakistan Aid Bill Without Trade Preferences
The Senate approved Sept. 24 legislation to provide economic and other assistance to Pakistan, but the bill did not include new trade preferences for goods imported from designated Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Global Connection Series: Doing Business with Japan
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
11:30pm-1:30pm
Stites & Harbison, PLLC.
Aegon Tower, 20th Floor, 400 West Market Street, Louisville, KY 40202
$10 KWTC members, $20 nonmembers
(lunch provided)
Speakers: Hiroshi Sato
Consul General of Japan, Nashville
Gov. Martha Layne Collins
Former Governor of Kentucky, Honorary Consul of Japan
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Sponsored by: Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Presented in partnership with Greater Louisville, Inc. and Japan/America Society of Kentucky
Kentucky Association of Manufacturers
FREE SEMINAR: Protecting Yourself From Foreign Competition
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Program:
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Continental breakfast included
3500 National City Tower
101 South Fifth Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Leatherman Room
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WAC PRESENTS SERIES
THE FUTURE OF KOREA 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
Vincenzo's Italian Restaurant
150 South Fifth Street, Louisville, KY 40202
Includes Lunch and Program
Individual Tickets: Members-$25, Non-Members-$30
Seats are limited.
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Import Procedures and Compliance
Louisville
Thursday, January 21st, 2009
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
$195 KWTC members
$225 non-members
Lunch Provided
Speaker: Trudy Wilson, Licensed Customs Broker
President, InTran Industries
Customs Compliance Consulting
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Cecilware Corporation Acquires Grindmaster Corporation To
Create Leading Company In the Beverage & Food Service
Equipment Sector
New York —Cecilware Corporation, a leading company in the beverage and food service equipment
market for over 98 years, announced today that it has acquired Grindmaster Corporation, one of the mostrespected
companies in the global beverage equipment industry. The new entity to be known as Gindmaster-
Cecilware Corporation brings together two great names into one great company. Grindmaster’s brands and
product lines include: Grindmaster’s Coffee Grinders, Crathco’s Cold and Frozen Beverage Dispensers,
Espressimo Espresso Machines, and Precision Brew Coffee Brewers & Coffee Urns. The transaction was
funded, on an equity basis by BNY Mezzanine Partners, L.P. The specific terms of the transaction were not
disclosed.
Richard Moore, Chief Executive Officer of the new Grindmaster-Cecilware group said, “As part of our continued strategy to further expand our innovative product offering and geographic reach, we believe the addition of Grindmaster marks a pivotal step in the history of our company. This acquisition will allow us to offer more high-quality products and services to more customers throughout the world who have come to rely on Cecilware and Grindmaster beverage and food service equipment. Grindmaster’s broad portfolio will provide immediate opportunities to enhance growth through leveraging our existing marketing and manufacturing capability. We look forward to working with the Grindmaster professionals in Louisville, Northbrook, and Thailand and across the world to successfully capitalize on this exciting opportunity.”
Rob Poe, Chief Operating Officer of Grindmaster said, “We are very excited about this opportunity to join
forces with a very well respected organization in Cecilware. This will allow us to enhance our resources and
take advantage of the many strengths that both companies have to offer. Our global customer base will
benefit from the economies of scale and the extensive product portfolio the combined entity has to offer. Our
commitment to customer satisfaction and product quality will only improve from this and we look forward to
moving ahead with our team in a very positive direction."
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