Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta As the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia celebrates its 10th anniversary with a gala night on Saturday, Oct. 28, its president, Lucia Jennings, sees the...
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New Flanders Trade Commissioner to Focus on Pharmaceuticals
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Ludwig Van de bossche, the new Flanders trade commissioner in Atlanta, told GlobalAtlanta in an interview last week that he will be concentrating on increasing pharmaceuticals...
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New Delta Flight and U.S. Ambassador Help Unite Birmingham, Czech Republic
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Delta Air Lines Inc.’s new non-stop flight between Atlanta and Prague, Czech Republic, will boost business relationships forged through a program in Birmingham, Ala., that is...
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Atlanta One of Three Cities to Sell Rwanda Peace Baskets
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Atlanta is one of only three cities where Macy’s department store is featuring a line of handwoven baskets made by Rwandan women for a project that...
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Georgia Forestry Experts Coach Former Soviet Nation’s Industry
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Georgia forestry experts are helping the Republic of Georgia make its forestry industry more profitable following a recent conference in Tbilisi, the capital the former Soviet...
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Israeli Sister City Looks to Atlanta’s Private-Public Partnerships
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta The mayor of Ra’anana, Israel, Nachum Hofree, thinks his city could benefit from learning how Atlanta organizes its public-private partnerships for economic development, he told GlobalAtlanta...
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Trade Mission to Chile to Help Attract Tourists to Georgi
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Attracting South American tourists to Georgia is one of the goals of Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Craig Lesser’s Oct. 15-18 trade mission to Chile....
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New Georgia State University Science Park to Have Global Impact
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta The new $250 million Georgia State University Science Park will further raise Georgia’s profile as a global center for developing vaccines to control emerging infectious diseases,...
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Atlanta Companies Would Benefit from Improving Nafta
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Atlanta-based United Parcel Service Inc. has joined a task force of major U.S. companies to develop a set of 40 recommendations for North American governments on...
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Scottish Recycling Firm to Locate U.S. Headquarters Here
Leigh Miller for GlobalAtlanta Scotland-based Redeem plc, a recycler of used printer cartridges and mobile phones, has selected Atlanta for its new U.S. headquarters. Doing business as Recycling Appeal USA...