The baht's plunge has been a bonus for CP's core Thai agri-business exports of animal feed, frozen chicken and prawns.

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His family has their roots in China, where his CP Group accounts for more than one-quarter of China's poultry exports.

WSJ: Thailand's Charoen Heads Toward Takeover Fight

Some of them--the Riadys of Indonesia and the Chearavanonts, who control the CP Group--have begun to repatriate their fortunes to the world's fastest growing economy, China.

CNN: Campaign Finance: The Show Begins

If you were hoping for some of the retro styling or compelling features we saw on the CP-8660, though, you'll probably be disappointed, as there's not much noteworthy about the 5.05 megapixel CE 5430 and 6.36 megapixel CE 6430 point-and-shoots or the 5.05 megapixel CL 5300 (pictured), other than the fact that this latter model seems to be Acer's first foray into ultracompacts.

ENGADGET: Three more digital cameras from Acer

By March 1990, Hope's monthly sales in Chengdu had risen to 4, 500 tons -- three times that of CP.

CNN: Hope Takes On the World

As Senate hearings open this week, Washington's campaign-finance scandal has come down to this: Republican Fred Thompson wants to know if Huang, the architect of Asian fund raising and the must-see Democrat for ethnic-Chinese moguls like the CP trio, was helping funnel foreign money into Democratic coffers and sending back U.S. government secrets in return.

CNN: Campaign Finance: The Show Begins