Captain America Gives Georgia a Helping Hand at D.C. Conference

June 14, 2019

The competition was intense but Georgia got some special help at the sixth SelectUSA Investment Summit held in Washington June 10-12. The annual conference brought together business leaders and economic development officials from 79 global markets and 49 U.S. states and territories. The government sent its U.S. Secretaries of Commerce, Treasury, Energy and Housing and[Read More…]

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Commentary: Fixing the Labor Policies Behind France’s Yellow Vest Protests

June 14, 2019

Editor’s note: This guest commentary was written by Charles R. Hankla, an associate professor of political science at Georgia State University who received his doctorate in 2005 from Emory University and holds degrees from Georgetown University and the London School of Economics. The piece is set to appear as a Farsi translation in an Iranian magazine but is published in[Read More…]

Gwinnett Recycling Firm Takes Home Presidential Export Award

May 30, 2019

A Norcross recycling company has taken home a presidential honor for its sales of scrap outside the U.S. Sigma Recycling Inc., the local subsidiary of United Arab Emirates-based Sigma International, was the only Georgia firm receiving the 2019 President’s E Award from the U.S. Commerce Department, which honors firms that expand their export sales. The[Read More…]

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