Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Teaching women how to expand their businesses internationally is the theme of a Nov. 9-11 International Alliance for Women conference in Atlanta that will also encourage...
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Hartsfield-Jackson to Be Model for 1,650 Airports Worldwide
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is to be a model for some 1,650 airports worldwide during four seminars that United Nations affiliate CIFAL Atlanta is to conduct...
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Danish Ambassador Says Atlanta Is Trade, Not Technology Hub
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Danish Ambassador to the United States Friis Petersen said a nonstop flight between Atlanta and Denmark is encouraging increased business, but Atlanta has yet to convince...
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Former President of Brazil Encourages Freer Trade
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Georgia has the potential to increase its trade with Brazil, especially if the United States can encourage freer trade in the hemisphere, said Fernando Henrique Cardoso,...
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Atlanta Airport Shares Olympics Lessons with Beijing
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Beijing International Airport has much to learn from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s physical design, its discreet security measures, its efficiency and its customer service for handling […]
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Japanese Steel Manufacturer to Open Plant in Haralson County
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Japanese steel manufacturer Suzukaku KK began construction Oct. 30 on its first U.S. facility in Haralson County, some 40 miles west of Atlanta. The $10 million,...
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Italian Yarn Manufacturer Opens Plant in Cartersville
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Aquafil USA Inc., a division of the Italian textile company Gruppo Bonazzi, opened its new manufacturing facility in Cartersville on Oct. 24. Aquafil is a manufacturer...
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New Swiss Ambassador Plans to Meet with President Carter Here
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Urs Ziswiler, Switzerland’s new ambassador to the United States, told GlobalAtlanta that his first trip to Atlanta on Monday, Nov. 13, is to promote his country...
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Approved Panama Canal Expansion Good News for Georgia
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta The passage of a referendum in Panama on Oct. 22 to widen and deepen the Panama Canal will benefit Georgia’s economy, said Doug J. Marchand, executive...
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Seminar to Prepare Companies for Immigration Reform
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Whether or not the newly elected Congress will reform immigration law, Atlanta companies are encouraged to attend a Nov. 8 seminar to learn how immigration will...