Glenn Hendrix, the managing partner of law firm Arnall Golden and Gregory LLP, has been leading a broad-based initiative to develop an international arbitration center in Atlanta. In the following...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Posted inArchive, Culture
Latin American Association Holds Awards Luncheon
There was no disguising the antipathy that the 400 attendees of the Latin American Association’s 22nd Annual Companeros Awards Luncheon held for the immigration reform legislation recently passed by the...
Posted inArchive, Education
Securities and Exchange Official Favors NFL ‘Rooney Rule’
Luis Aguilar brought home to Atlanta the same message that he has become famous for in Washington – the need for the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as corporate...
Posted inArchive, Business
Atlanta-based ICE and Nasdaq’s Latest Salvo for NYSE Euronext
Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange Inc. and Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. fired their latest salvo Monday, April 25, concerning their proposal to acquire NYSE Euronext. The board of NYSE Euronext rejected ICE and...
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Southeast Succumbs to Royal Wedding Fever
As vice consul at the British Consulate General in Atlanta, Amanda Trice has been busy these days preparing for the Royal Wedding reception to be held the evening of April...
Posted inArchive, Business
Nasdaq/ICE Stay in the Game for NYSE Euronext
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and Atlanta-based Intercontinental Exchange Inc.’s latest bid for the New York Stock Exchange “deserves a serious look,” Gerald D. Gay, professor and chair of the department...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Saudi Forum on Track for May
Organizers of the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum to be held in Atlanta May 23-25 have confirmed that the event is to take place despite the turbulence in the Middle East....
Posted inArchive, Education
‘Connected Capitalism’: The View From the Top
The World Affairs Council of Atlanta is presenting a breakfast briefing on how government, business and public service organizations can work together to deal with critical global issues. The breakfast...
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Spanish Health Care Logistics Firm Chooses Atlanta
A health care logistics and distribution company with operations in Spain, Portugal, Panama, Chile and Nicaragua has opened its first U.S. office in Atlanta. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced the...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Gov. Deal’s U.K. Trip on British Consul’s Agenda
Planning Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s trip to the United Kingdom in May is just one many items on British Consul General Annabelle Malins’ agenda in April. She also was a...