1ST U.S. FOOD & AGRIBUSINESS EXHIBITION.On September 12, PWN In gaming, to trounce an opponent. To be "pwned" is to be defeated unmercifully. Pronounced "pone," "pwen," "pawn" or "pun," the derivation of the term is obscure. Some believe it came from a common typo of "own" because the o and p keys are next to each other. Exhibicon International (based in Westport CT) received the first license (CU-68045) from the Office of Foreign Assets Control The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury under the auspices of the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. OFAC administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on U. (OFAC OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control (US Treasury) OFAC Ontario Farm Animal Council (Canada) OFAC Olmsted Falls Airport Committee OFAC Organic Fertilizer Association of California ) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury to conduct a U.S. Food & Agribusiness Exhibition in Havana, Cuba. PWN Exhibicon International will now seek to obtain a contract from the Cuba's Pabexpo Exhibition Center in Havana, based upon previous discussions with representatives of the Cuban Government: Many U.S. companies; national, state, and local agricultural agencies, organizations, and cooperatives have already confirmed their interest in participating. Archer Daniels Midland The Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), is a conglomeration based in Decatur, Illinois. ADMoperates more than 270 plants worldwide, where cereal grains and oilseeds are processed into numerous products used in food, beverage, nutraceutical, industrial and animal feed Co.(based in Decatur, Ill.)is confirmed as a sponsor; The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a 36-page list of food products and agricultural products eligible for export to Cuba. The list is available in .pdf format at http://www.fas.usda.gov/cmp/cmmdty.pdf John S. Kavulich II, President of the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council said: "In the same manner that 97 companies participated in the U.S. Healthcare U.S. Healthcare is a now-defunct healthcare company. The logo had an apple. The merger with Aetna In 1996, the company merged with Aetna, calling it Aetna U.S. Healthcare. The U.S. Healthcare apple logo was next to the Aetna name, and U.S. Healthcare under it. U.S. Exhibition in Havana in January 2000, the U.S. Food & Agribusiness Exhibition is the most cost effective marketing tool for U.S.-based food product companies, agricultural product companies, and marketing organizations to identify authorized commercial opportunities in Cuba"; The U.S. Healthcare Exhibition included more than 300 representatives of 97 U.S-based companies. Attending were more than 8,000 Cuban nationals, including healthcare professionals. A second U.S. Healthcare Exhibition, already licensed (C-65709) by the OFAC, is also planned for 2002. For information about the U.S. Food & Agribusiness Exhibition, contact: PWN Exhibicon International LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , 4 Greenbrier greenbrier: see smilax. Lane, Westport, CT 06880; Tel: (203) 222-8660; Fax: (203) 222-8335; E-mail: pwnathan@aol.com; Internet: HYPERLINK http://www.cubaexhibitions.com http://www.cubaexhibitions.com .And: U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, Inc. Tel:(212) 246-1444. Fax: (212) 246-2345. E-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:council@cubatrade.org council@cubatrade.org. *** Copyright 2001 |
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