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SK Battery Plant Moving Ahead on Schedule as Ruling Looms in Trade Secrets Case

SK Battery’s north Georgia plant remains on schedule despite recent setbacks including a pending dispute that could eventually hamper the growth of the massive electric-vehicle battery complex. The subsidiary of Korea-based SK Innovation has already hired 200 people at the first of two planned plants in Commerce, Ga., where it has committed to investing a total of[Read More…]

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Donor Funds Scholarship to Help International Students Feel at Home at Kennesaw State

January 22, 2021

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Atlanta Still a Hub for Newly Minted Payments Unicorn

January 21, 2021

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Atlanta 5G Project Chosen for U.S.-Israel Research Funding 

January 20, 2021

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World Affairs Council Triple-Matching Donations to Reach New Fundraising Goal 

January 20, 2021

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Caribbean Island of Bonaire Bolsters COVID Testing Measures With Atlanta Flights Set to Restart

January 20, 2021

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Japan-America Society Names 2021 Mansfield Award Winners 

January 19, 2021

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Race Beyond Borders: Series to Explore Atlanta’s Role in Global Conversation on Race 

January 18, 2021

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Dutch Consulate Encourages Expats in the South to Register to Vote in March Elections 

January 18, 2021

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Commentary: Georgia Companies Should Prioritize International Opportunities for Growth in 2021

January 15, 2021

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These Are the Foreign Suppliers Already Following Korea’s SK Battery to Georgia

January 15, 2021

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Refugee Internship Program Brings Skilled Workers to Local Companies

January 13, 2021

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Atlanta’s Aptos Buys Iceland-based Retail Software Firm

January 12, 2021

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British Ambassador Sees Common Goals in Biden’s Plans to Reconnect with the World

January 12, 2021

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After 25 Years, Fossey Gorilla Fund Remains Convinced of Atlanta’s Advantages for Global Nonprofits

January 11, 2021

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With $100M Raise, Atlanta’s Newest Unicorn Eyes International Expansion 

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Books 2020: The Individualistic Human Condition

January 1, 2021

Book: Frost  Author: Thomas Bernhard Review by: Oliver Gorf, executive director, Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta It required a pandemic to encourage enough soul searching to finally make me read this novel by the great Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. For decades I had kept my distance from his work, shying away from it for fear it could affect […]

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Books 2020: Climbing the ‘Second Mountain’ Toward Success, Fulfillment

December 31, 2020

Book: The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life Author: David Brooks Reviewed by: Jonathan Addleton, former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia and current Rector/President of Forman Christian College in Lahore, Pakistan I read The Second Mountain by best-selling author and New York Times columnist David Brooks on the long journey from the U.S. to Pakistan in September to[Read More…]

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Books 2020: The Deeper, More Riveting Story of Paul Revere’s Ride and the American Revolution

January 1, 2021

Book: The British Are Coming  Author: Rick Atkinson  Review by: Jim Reed, President, YKK Corp. of America  “The regulars are coming out!” is what Paul Revere is actually reported to have cried when warning militia of the advance of a fast-moving British force coming to confiscate weapons in Concord.   This is only one of hundreds[Read More…]

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Diplomatic Digest: Turnover in Atlanta’s Consular Corps During 2020

January 3, 2021

As 2021 begins, Atlanta welcomes a modified consular corps bolstered by new diplomats who arrived here during the strangest of times and stocked with those likely kept in the city a bit longer by the pandemic.   In normal times, diplomats taking up new postings here are welcomed with events — dinners, receptions and the[Read More…]

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Book Review: Examining the Core Historical Conflict Plaguing Modern Arab Societies

December 31, 2020

Book: Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires  Author: Tim Mackintosh-Smith  Review by: John Mulholland, longtime manufacturing executive I lived over 20 years in the Arab world and have a degree in Arab history from Georgetown. I flatter myself that I know something about the people living in the region, as I’ve read[Read More…]

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