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Northern Ireland Spinoff Buys Georgia Tech Company
An Atlanta company that uses social media to help businesses track what consumers think about products has purchased a firm founded by a Georgia Institute of Technology professor. Sentiment360, a...
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Dalai Lama: Chinese Censorship ‘Immoral’
This story is part of GlobalAtlanta's exclusive China special issue, which looks at Georgia companies doing business in China, potential Chinese investment in the state, educational exchange and more. Click...
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Georgia State Real Estate Program Ranked Fourth in the World
The real estate department at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is ranked fourth in the world in an independent study by researchers at two Hong Kong universities....
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Parliament Member: U.S. Investors Should Consider Morocco
Morocco is a stable, moderate Muslim country with enormous trade potential for the United States, a member of its parliament, Mbarka Bouaida, told GlobalAtlanta on a recent visit to Atlanta....
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GSU to Help Cairo University With New Campus
Georgia State University will help Egypt's Cairo University build schools of business and nursing at its new international campus. The two universities have signed a cooperation agreement for work on...
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Soap Project, MedShare Form Partnership
Two Atlanta-based nonprofits, the Global Soap Project and MedShare, have formed a partnership to distribute recycled soap from U.S. hotel rooms to countries around the world. The soap project was...
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Atlanta Loses 250 Jobs From Belgian Buyout
Last year's decision by Abbott Laboratories Inc. to purchase a Belgian company, Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc., will result in the loss of 250 jobs for metro Atlanta. By the end of...
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For German Computer Maker, Atlanta Is a Second Home
Lippert Embedded Computers GmbH, a German company with offices in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, does not compete solely on price. Instead, the company emphasizes the quality and reliability of...
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Ga. State’s Robinson College Celebrates Global Business Grant
All business should now be considered global, the dean of Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business said at a recent ceremony celebrating a new $1.5 million federal grant. "We...