Selling overseas is the best way for minority businesses in the U.S. to achieve rapid growth, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said in a speech Friday at the National Minority...
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Eleven UGA Students Win Fulbright Scholarships
Eleven University of Georgia students have won Fulbright scholarships, a new record, and the nine who accepted the grants will be heading off to study in China, Uganda, Fiji and...
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New Canadian Trade Rep Sees Promise for Georgia Exports
Gail Morris is the new advocate for Georgia companies wanting to expand into Canada and for Canadian businesses looking to invest here. She is the state of Georgia's Canadian trade...
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Delta Seeks More Heathrow Flights
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc. is seeking U.S. and European government approval to start twice-daily flights between London's Heathrow Airport and Boston, and daily flights between Heathrow and Miami. The...
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UPS Seeks Nominees for Export Award
Atlanta-based United Parcel Service Inc. is accepting nominations for its new Growth Through Global Trade Award which will recognize a U.S.-based small- or medium-sized business that is effectively exporting to...
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Former Head of Germany’s Protestant Church at Emory Fall Semester
Rev. Dr. Margot Kässmann, the former head of the Protestant church in Germany, is spending fall semester at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. In 1999, she was elected the...
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Company Funds Soap Project’s First Big Shipment to Africafar
An Atlanta nonprofit that recycles discarded soap from U.S. hotels, has shipped its first large batch to Africa, with help from a Virginia company. Relief Cargo, a division of Relocation...
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EPA OKs Indian Pickup Trucks: Atlanta Distributor’s Role Uncertain
An Indian company has received long-awaited approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to import diesel pickup trucks into the United States, but whether an Atlanta-based company will distribute the...
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Porsche North America Names New General Counsel
Joseph Folz is the new general counsel for Atlanta-based Porsche Cars North America Inc. Mr. Folz was previously with the automotive practice group of Chicago law firm Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum...
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Two Israeli Companies Move Headquarters to Atlanta
Two Israeli companies have chosen Atlanta for their headquarters. Truvle, a software company that focuses on the travel industry, has moved here from Tel Aviv. Precyse Technologies, a supply chain...