Delta Air Lines Inc. announced on Dec. 8 that it has transported 2 million passengers on its Africa services including direct flights from the U.S. to seven African cities in...
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Georgia Firms Support Renewables Export Initiative
Four U.S. departments and four agencies launched an initiative on Dec. 7 to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency exports. According to a news release from the U.S. Commerce Department, the...
Posted inArchive, Education
Istanbul Center, GSU to Host Global Expert Dec. 15
A widely acclaimed economist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University is to speak in Atlanta on Wednesday, Dec. 15, under a joint program of the Istanbul Center...
Posted inArchive, Business
Retirees in France Seek Renter for Buckhead Residence
An Atlanta couple that retired from their legal careers last year to try out living in France want to stay longer, but need to “re-rent” their house in Buckhead to...
Posted inArchive, Business
Norcross Solar Cell Manufacturer Honored in New York
Norcross-based Suniva Inc., a manufacturer of silicon solar cells and modules, was honored at the 2010 Platts Global Energy Awards gala in New York Dec. 2. “The awards judges were...
Posted inArchive, Culture
Japanese Emperor’s Birthday Calls for Reflection
Some 250 guests attended a reception Dec. 2 in honor of the 77th birthday of Emperor Akihito of Japan at the Buckhead residence of Takuji Hanatani, Japan’s consul general in...
Posted inArchive, Education
Georgia Tech to Launch $30 Million ‘Lafayette Institute’
Officials from the Lorraine region of France and the Georgia Institute of Technology signed a letter of intent Nov. 30 to establish the Lafayette Institute, a $30 million facility that...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Mayor Supports Foreign Investment as Key to Job Growth
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed gave a lively defense of foreign direct investment as a source of new jobs in the city and elsewhere in the state during a press conference...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Atlanta Mayor Defends Airport Security Measures
When asked if he felt that the security measures at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport were “over-the-top” during a press conference at City Hall on Nov. 22, Mayor Kasim Reed fired...
Posted inArchive, Education
U.S. Scholar: U.S.-Turkish Interests Converge Despite Appearances
American and Turkish interests “will converge more than they diverge,” Joshua Walker, an authority on Turkey and the Middle East, said during a lecture Nov 15 at the Istanbul Center...