BEIJING, May. 13 -- Charles Merkle, a Swiss national, came to Shanghai in 1995 with little money and no job. All he had was a skill he thought was in demand. Merkle, who is now 51, has since founded a thriving marketing consulting firm, CBC Marketing Research, which is seeking to raise about 12 million Swiss francs (11.44 million U.S. dollars) in Berne, Switzerland, by listing its Swiss subsidiary, CBC Schweiz AG. To be sure, CBC, with a turnover of around 5 million Swiss Francs in 2007, is small even by SME standards. But to Merkle and thousands of foreign entrepreneurs, China is a land of opportunity not only for multinational behemoths such as GE or ABB, but also for young talents from around the world. Merkle said the capital he is seeking could help finance his company to expand through mergers and acquisitions. This, in turn, would enable the co...
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BEIJING, May. 13 -- Charles Merkle, a Swiss national, came to Shanghai in 1995 with little money and no job. All he had was a skill he thought was in demand. Merkle, who is now 51, has since founded a thriving marketing consulting firm, CBC Marketing Research, which is seeking to raise about 12 million Swiss francs (11.44 million U.S. dollars) in Berne, Switzerland, by listing its Swiss subsidiary, CBC Schweiz AG. To be sure, CBC, with a turnover of around 5 million Swiss Francs in 2007, is small even by SME standards. But to Merkle and thousands of foreign entrepreneurs, China is a land of opportunity not only for multinational behemoths such as GE or ABB, but also for young talents from around the world. Merkle said the capital he is seeking could help finance his company to expand through mergers and acquisitions. This, in turn, would enable the co...
