The grandson of 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt told GlobalAtlanta that opportunities abound for Georgia construction companies in Saudi Arabia, six decades after FDR established a relationship with the country’s...
Author Archives: M. C. Rast
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Northern Ireland Film Bureau Brings Star Power to Belfast
When “City of Ember” hits movie screens in Atlanta and around the U.S. in October, it will be the most recent product of Belfast, Northern Ireland’s growing film industry to...
Posted inArchive, Business
Financial Crisis Likely to Worsen, Result in Greater Mortgage Regulation
Two days before the federal government announced plans to support two faltering financial companies, the keynote speaker at Emory University’s July 10-11 globalization conference said that the U.S. financial system...
Posted inArchive, Business
Report to Call for Revamped Unemployment Programs
A white paper report to be issued this week by a group of U.S. and European financial company CEOs will support revamping the U.S.’s programs for supporting workers who lose...
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Volkswagen’s Chattanooga Plant Could Bring Jobs to North Georgia
Wolfsburg, Germany-based automotive manufacturer Volkswagen AG has selected Chattanooga, Tenn., to build its next U.S. assembly plant, providing job growth that could spill over into nearby north Georgia. About 2,000...
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Tourism Booms in Peaceful Belfast
Northern Ireland tourism promoters are hoping new initiatives will draw more visitors from the Southeast U.S., but numbers are already so high that Belfast, the province’s capital, needs more hotels...
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Belfast Group Seeks Investors in Prison Redevelopment Project
A Belfast, Northern Ireland, community seeks to transform its historic jail that most recently housed political prisoners into a multi-use complex including a museum and shops. The ambitious project is...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Civil War Trails Project Draws International Attention
A project chronicling Georgia’s Civil War history has been nearly a decade in the works and could draw visitors to the state from around the world. Steven Longcrier, founder and...
Posted inArchive, Business
Former Commerce Official Says U.S.-India Trade Could Triple By Next Year
U.S.-India trade could triple over the next year, if the two governments cooperate to increase investment, a former U.S. assistant secretary of Commerce said in Atlanta. Indian investment in the...
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High-Tech Companies Find Home in Northern Ireland, Market in Georgia
Northern Ireland’s high-tech business center is encouraging the province’s best and brightest to stay at home, but the technologies being developed there are being exported all over the world, including...