Herbert Smith LLP is acknowledged as one of the world's leading legal practices. Established in London in 1882, we now have more than 1,200 lawyers across a network of offices in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Our main clients are leading global and national businesses, many headquartered outside the UK. Our international offering to clients is enhanced by our Alliance with leading European law firms Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe and by associations with Al-Ghazzawi Professional Association in Saudi Arabia and Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in Indonesia. We also have established relationships with other leading law firms in jurisdictions where we do not have a presence.

The American Pet Products Association (APPA) has a lot to bark, meow, and crow about. The group is a not-for-profit trade organization that comprises more than 1,000 pet products manufacturers and importers. The APPA promotes pet ownership and pet products and monitors legislation and regulation and responds to both. It also provides its members with services such as market and scientific research. The group's annual Pet Products Trade Show is the largest of its kind. In 2009 APPA teamed up with Pet Industry Distributors Association to host the first annual Global Pet Expo. The group was founded in 1958 as the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association.

FirstGroup America aims to be the first option. Its First Student unit and sister company FirstCanada provide school bus services under contracts with districts throughout the US and Canada. FirstGroup America's First Transit unit manages bus systems for transit agencies and private companies in the US and Puerto Rico, and First Services provides maintenance and asset management for vehicle fleet operators. The company's Greyhound unit is North America's leading intercity bus company. Overall FirstGroup America has a fleet of about 70,000 buses. The company is a subsidiary of FirstGroup plc, a leading UK bus and train operator.

Travelex is the world’s largest non-bank provider of commercial cross-border payment services. The business provides international payment services for both commercial and personal customers, with products comprising multi-currency spot trades and forward contracts – all delivered by award winning online trading platform GlobalPay. Managing 35000 corporate relationships across 14 countries we are uniquely positioned to offer a truly global solution. Travelex is the world’s largest retail foreign exchange specialist, with over 700 branded retail branches, principally in airports and tourist locations. The business sells banknotes and other foreign exchange and travel related products and services to individuals travelling for business and leisure purposes. The business also provides outsourced travel money services by supplying the foreign currency needs of financial institutions and travel agencies, as well as by fulfilling the individual orders of their customers.

Xchanging reciprocates by doing the paperwork for companies so they can focus on getting down to business. Xchanging plc provides a variety of administrative outsourcing services in areas such as human resources, payroll, and accounting to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, and retail sectors, among others. Xchanging also develops computer software primarily for clients in the insurance industry. It operates from seven locations in Europe, the US, and Asia and serves customers in more than 30 countries around the globe. Xchanging was founded in 1999 by CEO David Andrews.

Qualigence connects companies with prospective professional employees ranging from top level and sales and marketing executives to customer service representatives. Qualigence company researches, recruits, and places candidates and provides clients with reports tracking the recruiting process. Its service differs from some others in that clients pay only an hourly fee for research and recruitment time rather than a commission. Qualigence specializes in finding passive candidates, those not actively looking for work but who have the skills an employer desires. It works across all industries; major clients have included Starbucks, MillerCoors, Merrill Lynch, and Cisco Systems. Qualigence was founded in 1999.

Europcar Groupe S.A. provides passenger car and light utility vehicle rental services. It also involves in franchise operations. The company serves business and leisure customers throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. Excluding its franchise operations, Europcar Groupe signed approximately 10 million rental contracts with a fleet of approximately 225,000 vehicles in 2008. The company also has a strategic commercial alliance with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to operate a car rental network of approximately 1.2 million vehicles and 13,000 locations worldwide. Europcar Groupe S.A. was founded in 1949.

Founded in 1994 by Mary Voss, Foxhunt Staffing has grown into the tenth largest woman-owned company in the Silicon Valley. Nationally recognized for award winning Executive Search Services, we continue to expand into new markets to meet the growing demand for cost effective staffing solutions coupled with unparalleled individual service. Now providing contract and direct professional and technical talent across many national markets, our client roster includes some of the largest firms in the nation. Our core continues to be top-tier recruiting excellence, coupled with insightful organizational development expertise. Having survived the latest economic upheaval, we continue to gain market share the old fashioned way. Consistently superior service and results. Foxhunt Staffing is ranked in Silicon Valley's Top 10 Executive Search and Recruitment Firms by the Silicon Valley Business Journal for 2008 and 2009.

Dai Nippon Printing (aka DNP) has diversified well beyond the business of putting ink on paper. The global company still produces books and magazines, promotional materials, and business forms, and it has added items such as CD-ROMs, holograms, and smart cards to the mix. DNP's Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies segment makes decorative materials for use in fixtures and furniture, along with packaging for consumer products. The company's electronics products include photomasks used in the manufacture of integrated circuits and color filters for liquid crystal displays. DNP subsidiary Maruzen operates bookstores. In addition, DNP owns a majority stake in Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling.

The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life. The Pew Charitable Trusts partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our commitment to fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society. Among the nation's largest private foundations, The Pew Charitable Trusts was established in 1948 in memory of Sun Oil founder Joseph Pew and his wife Mary by four of their children. Seven trusts were created between 1948 and 1979 to promote public health and welfare and to strengthen communities. With about $5.9 billion in assets, The Pew Charitable Trusts distributes more than $140 million in grants annually to charitable organizations in culture, education, environment, health and human services, public policy, and religion. The Pew Trusts has strong ties to Philadelphia and allocates a portion of its grants to programs in that area.

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