principal activities of the company are to carry on the business as general merchants, importers, exporters, commission agents, del credere agents, removers, packers, storers, storekeepers, factors and manufacturers of and dealers in foreign and local produce, manufactured goods, technological goods, computer hard ware and software, materials and general merchandise and all kinds of technological products and to import, buy, exchange, pledge, change license, make advances on and otherwise deal in or turn to account produce goods, materials and merchandise generally either in their prepared manufactured or raw state and to undertake, carry on, execute all kinds of commercial trading and other manufacturing operations and all business whether wholesale or retail.