Asian Matchmaker: HIGH-TECH FIRMS FIND 'PARTNERS' IN EUROPE
Enormous potential exists in Britain and France for U.S. manufacturers of electronic equipment, according to the organizers of the latest program designed to match new U.S. exporters to the European marketplace.The U.S. Department of Commerce schedules the Matchmaker programs to help small- and medium-sized companies tap into foreign markets. Last year the 41 companies participating in the London Matchmaker program reported a potential $7.5 million in sales after the three-day event. This...
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Kam Sandhu's busy lifestyle leaves little time for her to look for a potential husband. The 29-year-old from Great Barr is intelligent, attractive and enjoys her work as an administrator for Bass Breweries. 'I was brought up in a liberal family where we were never faced with the situation of having to marry someone we didn't know very well,' she said. 'There has never been any pressure and so I've had...
Obituary of Ameshwar Nath Bhargava: Asian matchmaker and pillar of the Southall community for 30 years who championed traditional moral values
AMESHWAR NATH BHARGAVA, who has died aged 65, was a pillar of the Indian community in Southall, west London, and the proprietor for 30 years of its best known marriage bureau. He was born in Lahore in pre-partition India on October 17, 1935. He and his wife, Suman, arrived in Britain in 1962, part of the wave of immigration from Indian Punjab. Detecting the need for a reputable matchmaking agency to serve the growing Asian community, now two million strong, they opened the Suman...
Asian Matchmaker: CYBERSPACE SWEETHEARTS TRY TO `CLICK' ON A CRUISE
Christina Tokar was searching for love in cyberspace, clicking and pointing her way through several men's profiles and photographs on an Internet dating service.Then she found Charles Copp. ``He was articulate, and I liked the way he expressed himself,'' said Tokar, a public-relations specialist who lives in Plantation.They met for the first time Sunday, the eve of the most romantic day of the year, part of a massive blind date aboard a 77,000-ton...